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Dry Weather Could Continue; Progress Made on Levee Repairs

06/07/2012

Parts of Nebraska that are desperate for rain may not get it anytime soon. The National Weather Service is predicting a warmer-than-average weather pattern in the lower Missouri River basin, including Nebraska, through June. South Dakota State climatologist Dennis Todey says he doesn't expect rainfall to be excessive. (play audio :13 “is expected.”)
Todey's comments came during a U-S Army Corps of Engineers conference call. Warm, dry weather has allowed the Corps to inspect Missouri River dams following last year's flood.

Officials with the U-S Army Corps of Engineers hope to have all Missouri River levee repair projects complete by the end of this year. Last summer's Missouri River flooding caused significant damage in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. The Corps' Omaha District has 11 projects underway, with 99-million dollars in repairs complete. Brett Budd, chief of the Omaha District's System Restoration Team, says some already-repaired areas need additional reinforcement. (play audio :18 “Rock Port, Missouri.”)
Releases from Gavins Point Dam in Yankton, South Dakota, are at 31-thousand cubic feet per second. Last year at this time, releases from there were at 110-thousand C-F-S, and the Missouri River was more than five feet above flood stage.

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