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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 20 > As levees fail, Midwesterners wonder when it will all end

As levees fail, Midwesterners wonder when it will all end

By Malcolm Gay and Monica Davey / The Bulletin
June 20, 2008

WINFIELD, Mo. — First came the urgent news from a volunteer circling in a helicopter. The pounding Mississippi River had burst a 150-foot hole in a levee, sending water gushing along a new path toward this small city and sweeping at least one empty house off its foundation.

Even as....

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