North Platte River

“Conditions are very dangerous at this time,” says Burton. “People shouldn’t float when the river is this high. It will drop soon; wait until then for your float trip.”

A massive gust of wind blew a group of storage units off their foundations in Alcova and dumped them in the North Platte River on Monday night.

Rescue crews continue to search the North Platte River east of Casper for Bernie Bickels who has been missing since Saturday.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has closed some public access areas due to flooding.

They have been assisting local efforts since this weekend by filling thousands of sandbags.

Several towns in the Upper North Platte River Basin in southern Wyoming, are trying to fight off rising waters from nearby rivers.

Casper Police say the arrest of a suspect in Gillette and a car crash in the North Platte River are both tied to a local stabbing.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation plans to lower Gray Reef Reservoir on March 18 and 19 to conduct an inspection. River flows will remain at the current rate but the process will wash some fine sediment into the North Platte.