Missouri River flooding: Voluntary evacuations Pottawattamie County [Video]

Voluntary evacuations are taking place right now in parts of Pottawattamie County and near the Harrison County line due to rising water levels and flooding from the Missouri River.Also in Council Bluffs: people on Emil Lane, Dog Bite Lane and Gifford Road between S 19th and 35th streets. READ MORE: Interstates 29, 680 to close Tuesday north of Council Bluffs due to rising water levels on Missouri RiverPottawattamie County emergency management is bracing for the flooding from the Missouri River. Doug Reed, the agency’s director, said some parks and campgrounds near the Missouri River are already closed.Local sheriff’s deputies are going door to door in communities that are already experiencing flooding.There’s about six to seven more feet of flood water on its way.”As it’s projected right now, the levels we saw in ’19 is what they’re saying we’ll have now. Just not for an entire half a year,” Reed said.He …