Red Cross official : `` There 's a lot of U-Haul trailers sitting in driveways ready to go '' Forecaster : Flooding in Kentucky and Missouri could eclipse records set in later Tuesday . Illinois and Kentucky governors warn of the potential for `` historic flooding '' James Pogue , chief spokesman in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ' Memphis office , said the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway is a `` safety valve '' in the current crisis affecting several states along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers . Police evacuate parts of Illinois , Kentucky , after a levee breaks there .
Red Cross official : `` There 's a lot of U-Haul trailers sitting in driveways ready to go '' Forecaster : Flooding in Kentucky and Missouri could eclipse records set in later Tuesday . Illinois and Kentucky governors warn of the potential for `` historic flooding '' Police evacuate parts of Illinois , Kentucky , after a levee breaks there .