Mississippi River Floor 1993 Newspape

The great flood of 1993 was wide spread covering nine states and 400 000 square miles and lasting at some locations for nearly 200 days.

Mississippi river floor 1993 newspape.

1998 summary of floods in the united states january 1992 through september 1993. This volume contains a summary of the flooding in the upper mississippi river basin during the spring and summer of 1993 and 36 articles describing severe widespread or unusual flooding in the united states from january 1 1992 to the end of the 1993 water year september 30 1993. Louis for 147 days. Water from the mississippi river floods through a breach in the fayville levee in alexander county on july 15 1993.

All told the river stayed above flood stage at st. On june 27 1993 the mississippi river topped the flood stage in st. The flood was among the most costly and devastating to ever occur in the united states with 15 billion in damages approx. The southern file photo flood of 93.

The stage was set in 1992 with a wet fall which resulted in above normal soil moisture and reservoir levels in the missouri and upper mississippi river basins. The 1993 image was captured slightly after the peak water levels in this part of the mississippi river. Flood waters had started to recede but remained well above normal. The great flood of 93 had officially arrived.