From Deseret News archives:
Levee breach saves Nauvoo House
Nauvoo City Police Chief Don Faulkner said the levee failure near Gulfport relieved pressure on the levees at Nauvoo and the flood level of the river has gone down as a result.
Volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints filled sandbags and used them to strengthen the levee behind the historic house last week as the river was rising.
Faulkner, who visited the site this morning, said pumps are running to keep water seepage from accumulating and causing damage to the house. The flood level will likely remain high for at least the next several days and possibly as much as two weeks.
Weather has been sunny and warm, he said, and this week there is only a 20-30 percent chance of rain on Friday.
Upriver, the breach near Gulfport flooded the hamlet of Meyer. As a result, the 40 to 50 people living in the small farming community there had to be evacuated.
Julie Shepard, Adams County Emergency Management Agency, said flooding here could put 30,000 acres under water.
The historic building, which was never entirely completed, was acquired by the Community of Christ Church in 1909 and remains in its possession today.
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