The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning Thursday night after a levee about three miles north of Brownville, Nebraska failed. Atchison County officials ordered anyone living in the area between Interstate 29 and the river in the county to evacuate. The area near the latest failed levee is mostly rural, but the weather service said the flooding could affect the Missouri towns of Phelps City, Watson and Langdon. At least two other levees in northwest Missouri failed this month and others have been overrun by floodwater. Officials predict the river will remain high into August, so more levee problems are likely. Meanwhile, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback proclaimed a state of disaster emergency Friday for four northeast counties threatened by the rising Missouri River. The declaration applies to Doniphan, Atchison, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties. The governor said the proclamation activates the disaster response and recovery portions of the state's overall response plan. That allows state agencies, such as the Highway Patrol and transportation department, to help county and local governments. Only scattered flooding has occurred so far on the Kansas side of the Missouri River, but Brownback says residents should prepare to move quickly if evacuations are needed. The governor also asked President Obama to declare a federal emergency for the four counties. Brownback specifically requested supplies for long-term shelter operations in Doniphan and Leavenworth ...
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