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Outflow of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway

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Outflow #1 of Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway. The Levee was detonated May 5, 2011 to allow water to return to the Mississippi River. Photo taken from inside floodway. Flow is coming into the floodway at a rate of 15,000 cubic feet per second (cfs).

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