Mississippi overflows 22 levees

(01:30) Report

June19. - Mississippi overflows levees and crops are threatened, adding to billion-dollar losses.

The Army Corps of Engineers, which operates river locks and dams, has identified 48 levees protecting more than 285,000 acres of cropland from Dubuque, Iowa, to St Louis that were already under water or at high risk of flooding.

SOUNDBITES:

  • Unidentified person;
  • Sherry Chamblee resident of Gulport.

    Sarah Toms reports.

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