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Birds Point levee repair moves forward for farmers relief
Southeast Missouri farmers cheer as the Army Corps of Engineers begins repairing the Birds Point levee breached in May to relieve flooding upriver. Gov. Nixon mobilizes the Memphis District to restore three breach points to 51 feet, creating temporary flood protection for fields and roads used by officials.
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Charleston
Missouri
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Birds Point
Mississippi
Carlin Bennett
Jay Nixon
Memphis
Bennett
Southeast Missourian
Jim Pogue
Cairo
Nixon
Michael Walsh
Corps
Mississippi Valley Division
Walsh
U.S. House
Lion
Mississippi River
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