Flooding costs top $1 billion
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012 PropertyCosts revealed Tuesday continue to push the bill over $1 billion in the lower river states of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas alone. Yet, it could have been more costly. Early estimates of flood damage indicate that the Army Corps of Engineers’ six big upriver dams prevented at least $7.6 billion in damage last year, said Erik Blechinger, who manages river programs for the corps. “Without the reservoirs,” he said, “the damages experienced in 2011 would have been far, far worse.”
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http://www.omaha.com/article/20120228/NEWS01/702289888
