U.S. Engineers suggest DeSoto County flood wall, levee
Elizabeth M. Burks, an engineer with the Memphis district of the Corps, told the county Board of Supervisors a 3-foot-high levee and 5-foot-high flood wall would eliminate a “two-year event” and mitigate a less common, larger flood called a “100-year event.” (Courtesy of U.S. Corps of Engineers )
The Corps wants to create a remedy to Horn Lake Creek breaching its banks, as it did in September 2014, as well as restoring the creek’s ecosystem.
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U.S. Corps of Engineers DeSoto County Elizabeth M. Burks Horn Lake FloodingToni Lepeska
Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian. The 32-year veteran of newspaper journalism covers a diversity of topics, always seeking to reveal the human story behind the news. Toni, who grew up in Cayce, Mississippi, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. To learn more, visit tonilepeska.com
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