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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 10 > Expect more levee failures

Expect more levee failures

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
July 10, 2011

OMAHA, Neb. — Several hundred thousand acres of rich Midwestern farmland and even some urban areas near the Missouri River are at risk of flooding this summer during months of historically high water that experts fear will overwhelm some levees, especially older ones.

Engineers who have studied....

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