HAMBURG, Iowa — Massive sandbags dropped on a faltering Missouri River levee have temporarily fortified the floodwall and given Army engineers more time to construct a secondary barrier to protect a threatened Iowa community, authorities said Monday.
UPDATE: Missouri river levee springs second partial breach
Monday, June 6, 2011 | 10:34 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:54 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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