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The flooding closed a number of roads in Missouri around the Meramec River, and threatened to force the closure of Interstate 44 at Valley Park. [10] Unlike the Great Flood of 1993, which affected this same region, the majority of homes and businesses in Valley Park were protected from the flooding by a new levee built in 2005. [10]
Missouri River flooding continues to cause more damage over the last decade. There have been major flooding events June - August 2011, December 2015 thru January 2016, and April - May 2017. [ 45 ] In March 2019 the Missouri River flooded almost every levee devastating countless farms and homes in Holt County, Missouri .
The flood occurred on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries between April and October 1993. The flooded area totaled around 30,000 square miles (80,000 km 2 ) [ 16 ] and was the worst since the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 as measured by duration, square miles inundated, persons displaced, crop and property damage and ...
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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 ...
Signs that floodwaters were headed south began to emerge as the NWS issued a major flooding designation on Saturday for Osceola, Arkansas, where the Mississippi River reached above 35 feet (10.7 m ...
A selection of striking news photographs taken around the world this week.