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The Army Corps of Engineers last week, reports that 122 levees from Rhode Island to California are at risk of failure, perhaps an impact on thousands of people and millions of dollars in repairs.

Residents of towns in the vicinity of some levees could be in danger and must pay more for insurance, said Butch Kinerney of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Flood Insurance Program.

If identification of a body of the dam is in danger, that homeowners in the area could be required to buy flood insurance if they are not repairs.

Twenty-seven states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico had threatened levees, although only two had more than a handful. California, the list of 37 and Washington State, 19

Nebraska had one on the list: a Republican dam in the river near Bartley Red Willow County. Corps officials in Kansas City, Mo., said the dam was no longer under the control of Confederation.

Although many have been lifted in rural areas, some were in metropolitan areas, including the District of Columbia; Springfield, Massachusetts; Stockton and Sacramento, California, and a few fractions of San Francisco.

Capital Sacramento, California, there are threats of serious flooding due to the deterioration of the flood protection levees vulnerable Central Valley.

In November voters approved the issuance of $ 4.1 billion in bonds for repairs. California has about 10000 kilometers of levees irdenen, most are in possession of premises without reprocessing districts money for repairs.

The list did not levees in Louisiana. The New Orleans area was devastated by flooding after Hurricane Katrina caused levees before the collapse of 2005.

Senator David Vitter, R-La., Sandte a letter to President Bush complaining that the dikes of New Orleans is inadequate and the body was cut to several major projects.

But Maj. Gen. Don Riley, director of construction for the body, told reporters that levees in New Orleans would, as soon as the ongoing work is completed. He said Mississippi River levees by a very strict programs and Louisiana, shows no defects.

Riley said he could not say how many people could potentially lead to a threat of the levees in the list. It was not possible to estimate the potential costs of repairs, but said that the federal government would not bill for local governments.

“This is a community responsibility to seek the necessary funding,’’said Riley. He said that the body does not have money for levees in possession of Commons, and believes that the achievements of basic federal and soil.

Larry Larson, director of the Association of State Flood Plain directors, said, it is clear that the repair bill could, in the millions and that thousands of people are potentially at risk of levees on the list.

Rhode Island had two levees insufficient, both in Woonsocket. Alan Brodd, the city engineer, acknowledged the levees was not well, but said that the city can not estimate of $ 1.5 million for repairs.

Riley said each municipality has one year grace period to remedy defects, but must have a plan within three months as the repair of the problem.

Communities close to the announcement, they were lifted received a “maintenance inspection Rating unacceptable.”Problems can also Burrows animals, trees, erosion and movement of protection against flood walls.

The body said, they have to deal with common maintenance routine dam, Larson said he was pleased with the addition of a body known problems.

“The feds say,” Wait a minute, we do not, our mission,” ‘Larson said. “We get a better head l ‘. Your employees are in danger. You have to do something.” ‘

The body’s Riley said the list includes only levees unacceptable maintenance problems. He said a larger project authorized by Congress last year, information on other levees, perhaps stability problems, “if the environment that surrounds it has changed.”

FEMA’s Kinerney said people living near the levees should be an evacuation plan, a family emergency plans and disaster supply kit, with flood insurance.