Year later, Corps stands by decision to breach Birds Point levee

Year later, Corps stands by decision to breach Birds Point levee

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But the Southeast Missourian reports that farmers in the floodway are still reassessing the cost to them. The Food and Agriculture Research Policy Institute estimates that crop losses alone amounted to $85 million, and a broader economic impact exceeded $156 million.
The corps had authority to intentionally breach the levee to relieve pressure from the flooding Mississippi River, in part to save nearby Cairo, Ill. The breach on May 2 flooded 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland.
The corps says the decision prevented more than $112 billion in damages along the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

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