The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has deployed Soldiers from the 249th Engineering Battalion, civilian personnel with the Temporary Emergency Power Planning and Response Team and contractors to Saipan to conduct damage assessments and generator installs. The teams are working with local officials and FEMA to provide temporary emergency power to critical facilities throughout the island.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, announced that County Road 33 over the emergency spillway at Lac qui Parle Dam near Watson, Minnesota, will temporarily transition to one-way traffic starting as early as May 1 and lasting through the remainder of the construction season.
