Lyon County Flooding
Photos courtesy of The Emporia Gazette
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High water has closed some areas of the All-Veterans Memorial on South Commercial Street in Emporia. Commercial Street becomes Kansas Highway 99 when it crosses the Cottonwood River on the south edge of Emporia. View photo »
A truck drives out of the Fanestil Meats plant on Kansas Highway 99 just south of Emporia (1542 S. Hwy 99). When the Cottonwood River floods at Emporia, the plant continues operating, but workers are ferried to work. View photo »
Emporia's Soden's Grove park is flooded with water from the Cottonwood River. Soden's Grove includes picnic areas, a miniature train and a baseball complex. A little farther inland is the David Traylor Zoo at Emporia. View photo »
Vehicles are stranded in a flooded parking lot next to the Fanestil Meats plant south of Emporia. View photo »
Looking west, the Cottonwood River is out of its banks at Emporia. View photo »
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