Corps delays third breach after exhausting explosives supply
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JAC on 5/4/2011, 10:10 am
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1724095.html
SIKESTON, Mo. -- A third levee breach planned for Tuesday is being delayed by at least 24 hours because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers used too much of the explosives on the first two detonations and do not have enough for the third breach yet, corps officials said at a news conference Tuesday evening. |
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