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The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide Brazil: 1967 431 St. Francis Dam failure United States 1928 431 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods: India: 2015 429 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide Nepal: 2002 425
Prior to 1954, the heaviest rainfall event known in the Chicago area occurred on August 2-3, 1885, when 6.36 inches (16.2 cm) occurred over a 2-day period and caused flooding in the area. [1] Prior to this event, contemporary records considered 0.75 inches (1.9 cm) inches in a day as a "heavy rainfall" event. [4]
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927; Ohio River flood of 1937; 1954 floods of Northeastern Illinois; Great Flood of 1993; 2007 Midwest flooding; June 2008 Midwest floods; 2011 Mississippi River floods; 2013 Midwestern U.S. floods; July–August 2022 United States floods; July 2023 Chicago Area Flood; July 2023 Western Kentucky floods
The deadliest tornado in modern U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011. It was the deadliest tornado since SPC records began in 1950. Nearly 1,000 were injured. The EF5 tornado had ...
The waters crested May 19 in the old Southern city at 57.1 feet, surpassing a record set 84 years ago. Flooding one city to save another was an awful choice The 10 Costliest Floods in American History
This severe drought, combined with the extreme flooding in the central U.S., became the fourth multi-billion dollar weather disaster in the country over a 12-month period. 1993 flood 4
Lists of floods in the United States provide overviews of major floods in the United States. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present.