POPLAR BLUFF — Floodwaters leaking past an old earthen levee in this river town highlight a larger problem threatening much of rural America: Scores of flood walls built decades ago by farmers are increasingly susceptible to failure.
UPDATE: Leaky Missouri levee highlights national problem
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 8:02 p.m. CDT
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