Army Corps of Engineers estimates 2011 flood damage at $2 billion

Thursday, September 15, 2011 | 7:28 p.m. CDT

KANSAS CITY — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will cost more than $2 billion to repair the damage to the nation's levees, dams and riverbanks caused by this year's excessive flooding, a sum that dwarfs the $150 million it currently has to make such repairs.

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