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On June 29, Nebraska reported its first flood-related death when the body of a 26-year-old fisherman was found in the river near the Little Nemaha River at Nemaha. [ 71 ] On July 1, the flood level at Omaha hit 36.29 feet (11.06 m), higher than the 30.26 feet (9.22 m) on July 10, 1993, during the 1993 flood but lower than the all-time record of ...
High flows out of Gavins Point was a contributor to the flooding that breached two levees near the three-way meeting point of Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska on Monday. One was a reported 300-foot ...
The 8,362-acre (3,384 ha) refuge (46% in Iowa, 54% in Nebraska) preserves an area that would have been otherwise lost to cultivation. In 1960, an Army Corps of Engineers channelization project on the Missouri River moved the main river channel in the area to the west. The former river channel became DeSoto Lake, a seven-mile long oxbow lake. As ...
The old school house was used as a polling place. The Hamburg school meant that students had to travel from Nebraska and go through Missouri before attending school in Iowa. [9] Most of the island's land was under 2 to 10 feet of water during the 2011 Missouri River Flood, as levees protecting it from the Missouri failed. [10]
Near Akers, Missouri, the Current River was estimated to reach a record flood stage of 32 feet (9.8 m) (the gauge stopped reporting after reaching 23.23 feet (7.08 m)), exceeding the location's previous record level of 26.08 feet (7.95 m). Significant damage occurred at Pulltite, where water levels at the campground exceeded the height of the ...
The body of a missing hiker was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park prompted the rescues of more than 100 people.
Heavy rain and snow melt swelled the Missouri River on Friday, March 15, causing flooding in low-lying areas of Bellevue, Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service.Video posted to ...
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 ...