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At the urging of Arkansas agricultural interests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposed a project in the 1970s to dredge and straighten several miles of the Cache River to reduce flooding. In essence, the plan was to turn the river into a drainage ditch.
Ryan McGeeney
The flooding caused by a levee failure near Pitts is receding after debris was removed from various areas, officials said Tuesday.
Poinsett County Emergency Management said two different levees breached along the Cache River near Pitts, Arkansas.
The National Weather Service also has the county under a Flash Flood Warning until 9 a.m. Tuesday.