OFFICIALS UNSURE OF WHAT TO EXPECT

SIOUX CITY---ROUGHLY 20 SIOUX CITY HOMES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS A FEW RURAL RESIDENCES HAVE SUFFERED SEWER AND/OR STORM WATER BACKUP DAMAGE.

HE SAYS SIOUX CITY LEVEES CONTINUE TO HOLD AND ARE BEING MONITORED 24 HOURS A DAY.

THE MISSOURI RIVER REACHED JUST OVER 35-FEET AND IS BEGINNING TO DECLINE.
BROWN SAYS IT MAY GO DOWN A BIT, BUT THE WATER WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR SOME TIME.

BROWN SAYS SUNDAY NIGHT'S THUNDERSTORM THAT DROPPED NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES DAMAGED TWO HOMES, BUT OVERALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE WAS WELL MANAGED.

SIOUX CITY---WE MAY BE ONE LARGE RAIN AWAY FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS INCREASING WATER RELEASES FROM GAVINS POINT DAM.

WATER IS CURRENTLY RUSHING DOWNSTREAM AT 160-THOUSAND CUBIC FEET PER SECOND.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS THE RIVER IS LOWER THAN EXPECTED AT THIS POINT.

BROWN SAYS LEVEES ARE BUILT TO SUSTAIN 37 FEET AND THEY'LL DEAL WITH AN INCREASE WHEN AND IF IT COMES.

SIOUX CITY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHRIS PAYER SAYS FLOODING HAS FORCED MANY ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO OVERLAP IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT SHOULD BE COMPLETED SOON.

OFFICIALS ARE WORKING ON ONE OF THE RIVERFRONT LEVEES AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE REST OF THEM 24 HOURS A DAY.