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The Missouri River is a river in the Central and Mountain West regions of the United States.The nation's longest, [13] it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, then flows east and south for 2,341 miles (3,767 km) [6] before entering the Mississippi River north of St. Louis, Missouri.
1998 Yangtze river flood China: 1998 3,500 [citation needed] 1948 Fuzhou flood China: 1948 3,189+ 2010 China floods, landslides China, North Korea: 2010 3,083 [7] 1993 South Asian Monsoon Flood: Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: 1993 3,076 [citation needed] 2004 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain India, Bangladesh: 2004 3,000 [6] 1530 ...
Mississippi River Flood of 1809. All of the lower Mississippi River was inundated by flooding. Mississippi River Flood of 1825. The flood of 1825 is the last known inundation of New Orleans due to spring flooding; Great Mississippi River Flood of 1844. The largest flood ever recorded on the Missouri River and Upper Mississippi River in terms of ...
The crest at Brownville at 44.6 feet (13.6 m) was the highest in the history of the river there (breaking the 1993 record). It prompted officials to close the two northernmost Missouri River bridges in the state, the Brownville Bridge and the Rulo Bridge . The river had risen more than two feet in 24 hours in Atchison County. [88]
The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
The Midwestern United States experienced major floods in the spring of 2019, primarily along the Missouri River and its tributaries in Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas. The Mississippi River also saw flooding, although starting later and ending earlier. The 2019 January-to-May period was the wettest on record for the U.S ...
The Little Missouri River rose over 20 feet in only a few hours, 2010 Arkansas floods: 24 July 2010: 0 dam failure Delhi Dam on Iowa's Maquoketa River breached after 9 inches (230 mm) of rainfall. 8,000 people evacuated and 15 ft. chunks of highway broke off and swept down river. Contributed to flooding the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.