Corps of Engineers ups monitoring of levees as rivers rise

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, concerned about thunderstorms forecast for today and Wednesday, has upgraded its flood-fighting posture as the Mississippi River level continues to rise at Cairo, Ill.

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