Fort closes airfield following levee breach

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Fort Leavenworth officials confirmed Wednesday that the swollen Missouri River breached a levee at the post’s Sherman Army Airfield that morning.

“Risings levels of the Missouri River caused water to undercut the Union Pacific Railroad tracks northwest of Sherman Army Airfield here, causing the area to flood,” fort spokesperson Becky Steed said in a release.

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