Oklahoma officials are urging residents to prepare to evacuate some Tulsa neighborhoods that are near stressed, old levees along the Arkansas River.
City officials said Saturday that people living west of downtown should consider leaving for higher ground, even though the levees aren't currently considered to be in danger of failing.
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Oklahoma officials are urging residents to prepare to evacuate some Tulsa neighborhoods that are near stressed, old levees along the Arkansas River.
Officials say if an evacuation becomes necessary, it would need to happen quickly.
Homes are flooded near the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday, May 24, 2019. The threat of potentially devastating flooding continued Friday along the Arkansas River from Tulsa into western Arkansas. (Tom GilbertTulsa World via AP)
A resident who declined to be identified wades through Mississippi River floodwater to his Winfield home on Friday, May 24, 2019. The river is scheduled to crest for a third time late next week. (Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Andy Gaul of Tucson, Arizona photographs his bike in front of the flooded Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum in Frontier Park on Friday, May 24, 2019. St. Charles officials closed the park and the Katy Trail due to Missouri River flooding, moving a weekend Irish Fest to New Town St. Charles. (Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
After residents emptied mattresses and other furnishings from a previously flooded Foley home, Mississippi River flood water rises again in Lincoln County for a scheduled third crest next week on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Mayor G.T. Bynum says the levees were built in the 1940s and haven't had to hold back this much water since 1986. Officials also say the levees will need to hold back that amount of water until at least Wednesday, which is three days longer than they previously expected.
Homes are flooded on the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday, May 24, 2019. The threat of potentially devastating flooding continued Friday along the Arkansas River from Tulsa into western Arkansas. (Tom GilbertTulsa World via AP)
Officials say if an evacuation becomes necessary, it would need to happen quickly.
The Arkansas River in Tulsa was four feet above flood stage Friday.
Flood waters cover the parking area of River Spirit Hotel and Casino on the Arkansas River on Friday, May 24, 2019, in Tulsa, Okla. (Tom GilbertTulsa World via AP)
Homes are flooded near the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Okla., on Friday, May 24, 2019. The threat of potentially devastating flooding continued Friday along the Arkansas River from Tulsa into western Arkansas. (Tom GilbertTulsa World via AP)
A resident who declined to be identified wades through Mississippi River floodwater to his Winfield home on Friday, May 24, 2019. The river is scheduled to crest for a third time late next week. (Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Andy Gaul of Tucson, Arizona photographs his bike in front of the flooded Lewis & Clark Boat House and Museum in Frontier Park on Friday, May 24, 2019. St. Charles officials closed the park and the Katy Trail due to Missouri River flooding, moving a weekend Irish Fest to New Town St. Charles. (Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
After residents emptied mattresses and other furnishings from a previously flooded Foley home, Mississippi River flood water rises again in Lincoln County for a scheduled third crest next week on Friday, May 24, 2019. (Robert CohenSt. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
