PIERRE, (KCCR) — Flooding from heavy rains will not have an impact on the Missouri River above Fort Randall dam in Pickstown. John Remus Chief of the Missouri River Water Management Division says the smaller reservoirs between Pierre and Yankton can handle the back up caused by reduced flows out of Gavin’s Point Dam…
The Corps this weekend reduced flows to a trickle at Fort Randall to allow floodwater room to flow into the Missouri from the Big and Little Sioux Rivers and the Floyd River in Iowa. Meanwhile in the impacted areas, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is asking those affected to stay away until the water goes down…
Flood warnings continue for most rivers and streams feeding the Missouri River between Mitchell and Sioux Falls and south of Interstate 90.
