Missouri keeps flooding: Poor levee system

The flood condition in the Mid west has not subsided. The flooding exposed the vulnerabilities in the levee system. The land is full of holes. There are more warning of floods. The agriculture driven economy is churning. The leeves here are aging main due to uneven regulation and are never designed to withstand such a high river level. At some places they are just made of mud and grass.

Topics: Flood , Geotechnical engineering , Hydrology , Levee , Physical geography , Water

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