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Missouri River Levee Breach: Hamburg, Iowa
June 6, 2011 | CNN Video

A levee on the Mississippi River near Hamburg, Iowa was breached by water undermining the earth embankment. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working to contain the breach. Residents of Hamburg are evacuating in case the repair does not hold.


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