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The fatalities were unrelated to flooding and increased releases on the Missouri River, but rather related to flash flooding from heavy rains according to the Lyman County Herald of Presho, S.D. [35] On the same day Pierre, South Dakota , officials estimated costs from the flood would be $13.2 million for that community.
The town of Lyons in Boulder County was isolated by the flooding of the St. Vrain River, [34] and several earth dams along the Front Range burst or were overtopped. As of late September 13, according to the Office of Emergency Management, there were 172 people unaccounted for and at least 3 dead in flood area of Boulder County. [35]
Several hundred-year flooding events occurred in 2011. In North America, the following events occurred on separate rivers and tributaries: 2011 Assiniboine River flood; 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods; 2011 Manitoba floods (disambiguation) 2011 Mississippi River floods; 2011 Missouri River flood; 2011 Musselshell River flood ...
Missouri River Dams Key to 2011 Flood. newsstory. June 15, 2011 at 5:11 PM. ... In some reaches of the Missouri, the flood crest could rival highest historical crests.
On May 3, using the planned procedures for the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, the Corps of Engineers blasted a two-mile (3 km) hole in the levee protecting the floodway, flooding 130,000 acres (530 km 2) of farmland in Mississippi County, Missouri, in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois and the rest of the levee system, from record-breaking flood waters. [19]
At least three people drowned in Missouri, including two poll workers, as a result of flooding caused by heavy rains that hit southern and eastern parts of the state and forced numerous road ...
NWS: Major flooding in Missouri. Major flooding is occurring in some locations in the Ozarks, with locations in at least five counties east of Springfield reporting anywhere from 10 inches to 12. ...
Landsat 5 image of floodway activation, May 2011. The second time the floodway was activated was on May 2, 2011. Both the Ohio and Upper Mississippi rivers were experiencing an unprecedented amount of flooding. The gauge at Cairo on May 2 was over 61 feet 6 inches (18.75 m), the level at which the floodway is to be activated.