Associated Press - Update:  

Kentucky:  Authorities closed 250 roads in 50 counties, rescued 28 people, 12 cats and three dogs from rising waters.

Missouri:  The Army Corps blew a third hole in a levee to relieve pressure and prevent catastrophic flooding there, in Illinois and Kentucky.  The water was expected to crest Sunday in Caruthersville at 49.5 feet, just a half-foot below the top of the floodwall protecting the community of 6,700.  

Louisiana:   National Guardsmen used sandbags to fortify levees in the northeast part of the state and the state penitentiary stood ready to evacuate prisoners.  Officials were planning to open a spillway in the southern part of the state to divert river water.  

Arkansas:  Truckers tried to rearrange their routes to a 23-mile stretch of Interstate 40, a major link between the east and west coasts, where the rising White River forced the closing of the westbound lanes.  Drivers were forced to take a 120-mile detour toward Little Rock.