The Mississippi floods
One of the largest floods n the Mississippi was in the summer of 1993.
* The Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, was above flood stage for 144 days between April 1 and September 30, 1993.
* Approximately 3 billion cubic meters of water overflowed from the river channel onto the floodplain downstream from St. Louis.
* All large Midwestern streams flooded including the Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Des Moines and Wisconsin rivers.
* Seventeen thousand square miles of land were covered by floodwaters in a region covering all or parts of nine states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois).
One of the largest floods n the Mississippi was in the summer of 1993.
* The Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, was above flood stage for 144 days between April 1 and September 30, 1993.
* Approximately 3 billion cubic meters of water overflowed from the river channel onto the floodplain downstream from St. Louis.
* All large Midwestern streams flooded including the Mississippi, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Des Moines and Wisconsin rivers.
* Seventeen thousand square miles of land were covered by floodwaters in a region covering all or parts of nine states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois).