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Corps to Begin Repairing Holes in Arkansas Levees

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are expected to begin repairing nine sections of a levee along the Black River in northeast Arkansas that was damaged by floods last month. Emergency workers are making plans to cover the holes in …

FEMA Denies Request for Levee Repairs in Grand Isle, Louisiana

Grand Isle, La., officials have been met with another setback as they try to determine how to rebuild their first-line storm defense. The town’s levees were torn up again by heavy storms three weeks ago. WVUE reports the Federal Emergency …

Cost to Indiana City for Wabash River Levee Repairs Estimated at $2M

A southwestern Indiana city will need to spend more than $2 million to repair its Wabash River flood levees, although that is much less than officials previously projected. Vincennes officials say the repairs are needed before the levees can be …

Repairs to Levees in Council Bluffs, Iowa Could Cost $50M

Repairs and improvements on Council Bluffs, Iowa’s river and creek levees could cost the city $50 million. The Daily Nonpareil says the estimate comes from a study on the work needed to repair river and creek levees to meet federal …