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In Burlington, the Mississippi reached three different crests, before hitting 22.3 feet (6.8 m) on June 10, the fourth highest stage in the city's history; as of June 15, the expected crest was supposed to be around the 25.8-foot (7.9 m) mark, which would make it the second worst flood in the city's history, surpassing 1993 by 0.7 feet (0.21 m).
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., with multiple severe weather outbreaks through May in the Midwest, High Plains, and South exacerbating the flooding and causing additional damage.
Largest disaster in Minnesota history 1913 Flood: 428 1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood: Southwest, Central, and Eastern Ohio: 1913 Flood: 361 Great Dayton Flood: Dayton, Ohio: Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913 1913 Blizzard: 250 Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Fatalities estimated 1913 Storm 250 $5 ...
A rural is surrounded by flood waters Monday, July 12, 1993, Colfax, Iowa, Central Iowa was hit by heavy flooding after weeks of heavy rain in the upper Midwest. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) 1993 ...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said water in some areas rose above records from 1993, a flood many in the Midwest remember as the worst of their lives. The flood have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota ...
Flash floods put towns underwater and forced evacuations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. A strong system caused the heavy rain and flash flooding in the Upper Midwest. Some of the worse flooding came a week after the flood. Near record stage on the Minnesota River in New Ulm, Mankato, St Peter, Jordan, Shakopee, Savage, and breaking records in ...
The 1945 flood of the Ohio River was the second-worst in Louisville, Kentucky, history after the one in 1937 and caused the razing of the entire waterfront district of the neighborhood of Portland. Afterwards, flood walls were erected around the city to 3 feet (0.91 m) above the highest level of the '37 flood.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said water in some areas rose above records from 1993, a flood many in the Midwest remember as the worst of their lives. The floods have hit parts of Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota. The water was so powerful that it pulled down a train bridge connecting North Sioux City, South Dakota, with Sioux City, Iowa.