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19 Levees Now Breached

More failures in Ill., Mo., swamp farmland

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 18, 2008 1:20 PM CDT

(Newser) – More levee breaks in Missouri and Illinois today put at 19 the number that have failed along the cresting Mississippi, Reuters reports, further swamping farmland. "They were lower level agricultural levees," said an Army Corps of Engineers spokesman. "We're also watching another... Read full story »

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