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In this photo from Sept. 19, 2011, a pool of receding water left behind by the Missouri River flooding, reveals land erosion to a corn field near Takamah, Neb. A group of farmers and business owners sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, seeking compensation for claims the agency mismanaged the Missouri River since 2006 and contributed to major flooding in five states. The federal lawsuit claims some plaintiffs experienced extensive damage, particularly during the extended 2011 flooding that devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly farmland in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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In this photo from Sept. 19, 2011, Rob Chatt surveys damage from the Missouri River flooding to his family farm in Tekamah, Neb. A group of farmers and business owners sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, seeking compensation for claims the agency mismanaged the Missouri River since 2006 and contributed to major flooding in five states. The federal lawsuit claims some plaintiffs experienced extensive damage, particularly during the extended 2011 flooding that devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly farmland in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2014 file photo, traffic stopps on Interstate 26 near Chapin, S.C., as crews remove a fallen tree following the worst winter storm in South Carolina in a decade. Gov. Nikki Haley on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, asked President Obama to declare a disaster area in 21 of South Carolina's 46 counties as a result of the storm. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)