PBS NewsHour

All Eyes on Mississippi River Levees, Spillways as Flood...

Clip: 05/11/2011 | 12m 1s

Crews filled sandbags and shored up levees along the Mississippi River as enormous volumes of water surged south. Jeffrey Brown takes a closer look at the levee and floodgate system with the Association of State Floodplain Managers' Larry Larson and Author John Barry.

Aired: 05/11/11

Rating: NR

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