SOURCE: THV11
The runaway barges that were thought to be secured Thursday morning, broke loose again hours later and smashed in the a dam on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that the barges that broke loose Wednesday night had been found several miles upstream from the town of Webbers Fall lock and dam 16.
They were thought to be tied together and secured to a rock jetty.
However, they broke loose again, smashed into the dam and sank.
The Arkansas River town of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, was one such town. Town officials ordered a mandatory evacuation Wednesday afternoon because of the river's rising level
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Officials are doing an assessment of the dam now and say that is should be completed by 6pm Thursday.