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Downtown Huntington, West Virginia, during the Great Flood of 1937. The Ohio River flood of 1937 took place in late January and February 1937. With damage stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, 385 people died, one million people were left homeless and property losses reached $500 million ($10.2 billion when adjusted for inflation as of September 2022).
Just like across the lower Mississippi River Valley, cities across the Ohio Valley have had a wetter-than-normal start to 2023. ... putting the region on alert for the risk of water-covered roads ...
The weather service's Wilmington office forecasts minor flooding from the Ohio River. The warning is in effect from Sunday morning to 2 a.m. on Tuesday. According to weather service data, the ...
The Ohio River will reach a minor flood stage this weekend, the National Weather Service said.. Data from the weather service's forecast office in Wilmington show the river reached over 48 feet at ...
In Ohio nearly 10 in (250 mm) of rain during a series of three winter storms led to this flood event, which affected southwest, central, and eastern Ohio, especially cities and towns along the Great Miami River and Olentangy River valleys.
The Ohio again ranked as the most polluted in 2013, and has been the most polluted river since at least 2001, according to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). The Commission found that 92% of toxic discharges were nitrates , including farm runoff and waste water from industrial processes such as steel production.
The highest level ever recorded on the Ohio River in Cincinnati was on Jan. 26, during the devastating flood of 1937. Historic crests on the Ohio River in Cincinnati 80 feet on Jan. 26, 1937
The river crossed the flood stage seven times in the 1990s. Since 2000, the river has crested above flood stage twice - at 54.42 feet on Feb 2, 2020, and at 56.86 feet on March 4, 2021.