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.

All told the river stayed above flood stage at st. Flood waters had started to recede but remained well above normal. The great flood of 1993 or great mississippi and missouri rivers flood of 1993 was a flood that occurred in the midwestern united states along the mississippi and missouri rivers and their tributaries from april to october 1993. 1998 summary of floods in the united states january 1992 through september 1993.

The great flood of 93 had officially arrived. 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. Water from the mississippi river floods through a breach in the fayville levee in alexander county on july 15 1993. The flood was among the most costly and devastating to ever occur in the united states with 15 billion in damages approx.

The 1993 image was captured slightly after the peak water levels in this part of the mississippi river. 26 billion in 2018 dollars. Louis for 147 days. On june 27 1993 the mississippi river topped the flood stage in st.