The Illinois Emergency Management Agency has mobilized its third round-the-clock team to assist the flooding fight in Monroe County.
IEMA Director Alicia Tate-Nadeau said Saturday that the latest Joint Quick Reactionary Task Force will be based in Valmeyer along the Mississippi River..
Valmeyer is 26 miles (42 kilometers) south of St. Louis. The other two teams are in Hardin and Jerseyville
Tate-Nadeau says the teams are responsible for monitoring levees, helping to bolster levees and assisting the community in an emergency setting.
