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Examining the breach

Photo Melanie Crowson | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 14 years, 4 months AGO
by Photo Melanie Crowson
| August 16, 2011 2:49 PM

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey technicians Gerald Fletcher (left) and Travis Hightower (right) observe the breached levee on the Clark Fork river June 11 as crews work to repair it. On Friday, June 10 a levee on the Clark Fork river in Plains was breached with flood waters and the nearby farmland, Helterline Road and adjacent farmland were flooded. Road repairs were also needed for the damage the rushing water caused.

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