The US Army Corps of Engineers says it could take a month to clear the flood waters, and the government's disaster relief agency has urged evacuees not to try to get back to their homes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	3:compound	_
3	Army	Army	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	4:compound	_
4	Corps	Corps	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	7:nsubj	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	6:case	_
6	Engineers	Engineer	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	4:nmod:of	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	expl	10:expl	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	10:aux	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	7:ccomp	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	12:det	_
12	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	10:obj	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	14:mark	_
14	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	csubj	10:csubj	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	17:det	_
16	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	17:compound	_
17	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	14:obj	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	27:punct	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	27:cc	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	21:det	_
21-22	government's	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
21	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod:poss	25:nmod:poss	_
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	21:case	_
23	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	24:compound	_
24	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	25:compound	_
25	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	27:nsubj	_
26	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	27:aux	_
27	urged	urge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	7:conj:and	_
28	evacuees	evacuee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	27:obj|31:nsubj:xsubj|33:nsubj:xsubj	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	_	31	advmod	31:advmod	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	31:mark	_
31	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	27:xcomp	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	33:mark	_
33	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	31:xcomp	_
34	back	back	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	33:advmod	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	37:case	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	37:nmod:poss	_
37	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	34:obl:to	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
