MOKANE – The levee in Mokane broke this morning. It has come up about 20 feet in less than 24 hours.

Plaquemines Parish officials say crews are using sandbags Saturday morning (Aug. 27) to fill a 20-foot breach in the levee across from the Phillips 66 refinery in Alliance.

In one spot, contractors need to drive piles 70 feet into the ground under I-10. With no room for a towering pile-driving machine, they improvise, welding together sections as short as 5 feet.

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A Sarasota County automated alert warned of a possible levee break in the Hidden River or Myakka Valley area.

"Our levee system is automated and it's certified up at 695 feet," Palmquist said. "The all-time record is 694.1 feet back in 1965, so I feel pretty good.

Lockwood Planned Development at Houston Levee Road The 94-acre development will consist of 308 single-family lots built in phases near Carriage Crossing in southwest Collierville.

Complicating matters further is the fact that the levee will go beneath two interstates. In one spot, contractors need to drive piles 70 feet into the ground under I-10.