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Title
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20 Years Later, We Dread the Next Flood
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Description
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Article focuses upon remembrance of the flood that impacted the Kansas City area during the summer of 1993. Business and property owners in the affected areas are interviewed and discuss both their recollections and fear of future floods. Representatives from the Army Corps of Engineers and other river management agencies are interviewed and discuss past projects aimed at improving flood control in the area and risk factors that may lead to similar flood disasters.
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2013-06-09
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Newspaper Article
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Troubled Times for the Big Muddy
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Description
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Article on the continuously dropping river bed and water levels of the Missouri River. The system of dikes and reservoirs "that helped keep the Missouri River channel locked in place," and the effects of commercial dredging, drought, and flooding have contributed to the problem by scouring the river bed. River degradation poses challenges to utilities that draw power and drinking water from the river, as well as the structural integrity of bridges and levees and the water and bed levels of connecting tributaries.
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2014-01-21
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Newspaper Article
