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When high water is expected, levee managers need to make sure that there are no weak spots on the levee that can compromise its structural integrity. Animal burrows on a section can constitute weak spots that have to be urgently repaired in anticipation of high water. Within the context of overflow experiments, a temporary protection with road plates was installed on a section where mole burrows had been previously detected, and where the presence of an extensive subsurface system of mole tunnels had been verified. The set-up was subsequently tested against overflow.