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As the Mississippi River plunges, the Army Corps is building a 1,500-foot-wide levee to keep salt water out of drinking water
The US Army Corps of Engineers has launched construction on a 1,500-foot-wide underwater levee in the Mississippi ... in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River, where low flow is allowing ...
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Saltwater is moving up the Mississippi River. Here's what's being done to stop it
"It's approaching some historical lows that we've had here," Jones said on Oct. 19 as he looked out from the river levee ... 64 miles upriver from the mouth of the Mississippi.
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The US Army Corps of Engineers is dredging the Mississippi River and racing to keep the sea from contaminating drinking water
The Mississippi River is at record ... into a frenzy of damage control. At the mouth of the river, the agency is building an underwater levee to stop the creep of seawater from the Gulf of Mexico ...
Explaining the New Orleans levee system and how it protects the city from catastrophic flooding
The system was born out of the devastation left behind by Hurricane Besty, and then destroyed and redone following Hurricane Katrina.
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California’s 10th Atmospheric River This Winter Causes Levee Breach and Thousands to Evacuate. Here’s What to Know About the Storms
Thousands of Californians were forced to evacuate Saturday after the Pajaro River levee in the state ... the amount of water flowing at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Atmospheric rivers ...
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The Mississippi River Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers
so did the force and volume of the river, and the consequences of a levee break grew ever more dangerous. When levees broke, the Mississippi River Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers blamed ...
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5 Years Later: The Davenport Levee Break of 2019
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