What led to the failure of the Pacific levee

Water is still flowing over the levee in Pacific, but the barrier that breached Tuesday is holding water, according to mayor Vic Kave.

Kave said it’s how long that the barriers had to hold water that led to the failure.

“They held up for the worst part of the rain, the water levels were much higher for the peak of the event,” Kave said. “If it had failed, then we would’ve had much further damange”…

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