10.08.2009 9:03 pm

Levee breach is Threat No. 1

Valmeyer community High school, in Monroe County, under water after the levee break.

For the record: The St. Louis region’s political and business leaders have no excuse if they fail to act quickly to repair the levee system that protects Madison,…

Tags: flood prevention, Les Sterman, Mississippi River levees, regionalism, Southern Illinois flood plain, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

05.26.2008 9:01 pm

Tuesday editorial: Before the flood

By Editorial Board

Metro East businesses and homeowners have been living on borrowed time.
Five levees along the Mississippi River from Alton to Columbia, Ill., are inadequate to protect low-lying communities from what’s called a 100-year flood. They have been deficient for years. But…

Tags: flood prevention, flood prevention districts, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Illinois, levee repairs, levees, Madison County, Metro East, Mississippi River, Monroe County, St. Clair County, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Levee breach is Threat No. 1

Tuesday editorial: Before the flood

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