More levees expected to break along Mississippi River

Title: More levees expected to break along Mississippi River

Published: Fri, 20 Jun 2008

Description: (NECN/ABC) - Levees continue to break along the Mississippi broke, and more could give Way soon. Waters rushed over farmland, and into communities like Winfield, Missouri. Along the Mississippi, 1000s of volunteers are waging a fight against m...

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" Levees continue to break along the Mississippi River and more could give way soon waters rushed over farmland and into communities like Winfield Missouri. Over the bag on all of them. Along the Mississippi thousands of volunteers are waging a fight against mother nature. Sandbags are reinforcing the flood walls that are supposed to protect town's centers. But the small city of Louisiana Missouri has no let the yeah here -- for much on our own. But there are volunteers many who have come from far away to build this makeshift floodwall. I'm far more out I have volunteers from an irony is that how you did you don't really know what you can do it do you have. President Bush visited Iowa yesterday he promised billions of dollars in federal aid for the flood stricken midwest. In hard hit Cedar Rapids toxic waters ruined everything they touched the cleanup heartbreaking for many has begun the only stuff is gone. It did damage in this region is soaring past one and a half a billion dollars for many federal money will help them rebuild. But it could be years before their lives returned to normal. The House of Representatives sent a bill to the Senate yesterday which includes emergency flood relief. The White House says if the Senate passes this legislation the president will support the measure. Big -- Todd -- ABC news Washington"

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