Repairing damaged levees along the Missouri River from the 2019 flood that caused millions of dollars in damage to farmland is almost finished.

Lieutenant Colonel Mark Hines with the Army Corps of Engineers says repairing the levees completes the second phase of their program. “If we were to have a flood this spring although we’re not predicted to do that, not forecast to do that, we’re in a condition now that we could be prepared to flood fight.”

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts says the third phase of the program is vital to avoid repeats of 2011 and 2019.

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