January 31, 2012
By: Jana Bell
Many homeowners living along the Mississippi River experienced significant damages after flooding last year. Officials say incomplete repairs of damaged flood prevention systems may create extra risk this year.
The Army Corps of Engineers is now working to evaluate the current status of the levees, floodways and other measures along the course of the river, and will then take steps to repair any damages.
However, while those repairs are being completed, they hope to notify residents in those areas that they may be at a higher risk of flood damage, which isn't part of a standard home insurance policy.
"We want to identify every place where we have problem areas. Once we have those identified, we get to those as quickly as we can before the next big flood. Hopefully, it doesn't come this year," Corps spokesman Bob Anderson told The Associated Press.
Last spring and summer, heavy rainfall in the Ohio Valley caused severe flooding along the Mississippi. Government estimates put the economic damages from this flooding as high as $4 billion.
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