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The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
Although the flood on April 13, 1992, was mainly out of sight, lurking 40 feet below the city’s streets, it wreaked visible havoc. The Great Chicago Flood paralyzed downtown — shutting down ...
Is the worst flooding in La Plata's history. [25] 17 November 2013: 18 heavy rain Cyclone Cleopatra, Northeast Sardinia. See Also 2013 Sardinia floods: 29 – 30 April 2014: 2+ heavy rain Alabama, Florida 7 June 2014: 73 rain storm 2014 Baghlan floods High rainfall contributed to the flash flood which destroyed hundreds of mud homes. [26] 27 ...
Malawi, flash flood and landslide Malawi: 1991 500 [14] 2018 East Africa floods: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia: 2018 483 2018 Kerala floods: India: 2018 464 Lisbon flash flood: Portugal: 1967 449+ 2016 China floods: China: 2016 445 Western Japan, massive rains and landslides Japan: 1972 437
On this day 30 years ago, people started to notice water backing up in the Merchandise Mart basement
Over the course of a three-month period in the summer of 1993, a slow-moving and historic flooding disaster unfolded across the midwestern United States, leaving economic ramifications that would ...
Flooding caused at least $500 million (equivalent to $500 million in 2023 [2]) in damages in the Chicago area, making it one of the most costly weather events in Chicago history. [1] Flash flooding impacted numerous roadways and underpasses, including multiple Interstate Highways. At least 70,000 basements were flooded.
A rainstorm that impacted the Chicago area throughout the day on Sunday, Sept. 11, caused water pipes to burst and cars to stall on streets throughout the city. A flash flood warning was issued ...