MEMPHIS - Since the waters from this spring's floods receded, officials have identified places where the Mississippi River tried to carve out new channels and change course.
From northwest Tennessee to Louisiana, the Mississippi tried to cut through river bends and remove parts from islands during the historic flood.
Officials have found that the river washed out riverbanks, undermined some levees and buckled the concrete revetment installed by the Army Corps of Engineers to hold banks in place, according to The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/pdvyLe).
For example, the river tore out a half-mile-wide chunk of land at President's Island in Memphis and left water and flocks of geese on a place where cotton formerly grew.
Corps officials estimate it will cost $222.5 million to undo the damage inflicted by the river this year.
Read complete story in Monday's Times Free Press.