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Climate change and crumbling infrastructure create a ‘perfect storm’ for Americans living in flood zones
The cities, villages and farms along America's most famous river are in flood mode again. The Mississippi River has flooded at least 26 times since the first recorded event in 1543. Because of their size and destruction, nine events have earned the title "Great," including the Great Mississippi Floods of 1927, 1993 and 2011. The loss of life and property from the historic flood underway now will depend again on the strength of more than 2,200 miles of levees, floodwalls and other flood-control structures built along the river's banks and tributaries. Prospects for the river's 4 million residents, 1.5 million homes and 33,000 farms may not be good. Like many of the 40,000 miles of leve

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