Flood of 2011 anniversary: Corps maintains Birds Point levee breach saved billions in damages

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Reservoirs were full, the rivers kept swelling and the rain kept coming. The Ohio River set a record of 61.1 feet on the Cairo, Ill., gauge. It was still climbing.

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