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Intentional Levee Break Near Cairo, Illinois?
April 29, 2011 | CNN

Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers should intentionally break a levee on the Mississippi River to prevent flooding in the town of Cairo, Illinois. Owners of 130,000 acres of farmland that will be flooded opposed breaking the levee.


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