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CAT Tracks for May 9, 2011
CAIRO MAYOR DECLARES CIVIL EMERGENCY |
...and an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
From the KFVS TV Channel 12 Website...
Cairo mayor declares civil emergency, issues curfew
Posted: May 09, 2011 1:02 PM CDT
By Christy Hendricks
CAIRO, IL (KFVS) - The mayor of Cairo reminds citizens that the city is still under a mandatory evacuation order.
Residents who have evacuated can come into Cairo between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Mayor Tyrone Coleman has also declared a civil emergency and curfew in town.
No one except for emergency personnel may be on the street between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Emergency personnel include police, fire, ambulance, city of Cairo street department employees, city hall employees, city of Cairo elected officials, Alexander County coroner, Alexander County Sheriff's Department personnel, Corps of Engineers, Illinois Emergency Management personnel, and the National Guard.
No businesses or offices are allowed to be open during the curfew.
Those who came in between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and stay in are reminded they are inside the city of Cairo at their own risk.
People are to stay away sand boils, streets that have caved in, and are asked not to drive any vehicle up on the levee or climb the levee wall.
The river level at Cairo was 58.29 feet at 7 a.m. Monday and the city is still not safe, according to Mayor Tyrone Coleman.
The levees are saturated and the levee wall still has water standing against it.
From the Southeast Missourian...
Cairo city government sets curfew for remaining residents
Monday, May 9, 2011 ~ Updated 4:05 PM
Southeast Missourian
CAIRO, Ill. -- Cairo Mayor Tyrone Coleman has established a curfew for the approximately 100 residents that remain in the city.
From 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. no one except emergency personnel may be on the city streets, the city announced in a news release Monday. Emergency personnel consist of members of police and fire departments, ambulance personnel, street department employees, Alexander County Sheriff's Department employees, the Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois Emergency Management Agency personnel and the National Guard.
An employee who answered the phone at the Cairo Police Department said the city has not had problems with residents being out at night, but they had to enforce the curfew in writing for citizens' protection.
She said the city evacuation could possibly be lifted on Wednesday or Thursday depending of the Ohio and Mississippi river stages.
The Ohio River at Cairo was at 58.14 feet at 3 p.m. Monday, down from its record crest of 61.72 feet May 2 before the breaching of the levee at Birds Point that activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway.
Updated: May 09, 2011 4:37 PM CDT
