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The 2013 Grand Rapids flood lasted from April 12 to 25, 2013, affecting multiple areas in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. [2] [3] Sudden heavy rainfall, saturation of the ground from rainwater and the flow of tributaries caused the Grand River to rise dramatically, with the river cresting at 21.85 feet (6.66 m) in Grand Rapids on April 21, 2013. [4]
On July 28, 2006, the Grand River overflowed its banks and caused a state of emergency in Lake County [5] [6] and Ashtabula County [citation needed] due to flooding. The river reached 11 feet above flood level, a 500-year flood, due to a 1,000-year 48-hour rain. [7] [8] The flooding was so powerful that it caused a tributary (Paine Creek) to ...
The river began rising on April 4, and flooding the area on April 18 as the flood waters rose up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) above the long term prediction. Dikes gave way, and Grand Forks was inundated. Between 75 and 90% of the residents had been evacuated prior to this time.
The 84-year-old Pensacola Dam generates electricity for Grand River Dam Authority customers. ... nearly 1,500 homes along the rivers and tributaries that feed into Grand Lake sit in a toxic flood ...
In April 2013, persistent heavy rains caused widespread flooding, primarily impacting the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions. In a span of two days on April 17 and 18, heavy rainfall associated with a slow-moving storm system caused widespread flooding across rivers and areas, where rainfall amounts over 8 inches (200 mm) caused rivers to swell and crest, including the Mississippi River and ...
The Grand River (Ottawa: owashtanong, "Far-Flowing Water") [3][4] is a 252-mile-long (406 km) river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The longest river in Michigan, [5] the Grand River rises in Hillsdale County, and flows in a generally northwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan in the city of Grand Haven.
The Grand River is a river that stretches from northernmost tributary origins between Creston and Winterset in Iowa approximately 226 miles (364 km) [3] to its mouth on the Missouri River near Brunswick, Missouri. Its watershed of 7,900 square miles (20,000 km 2), with three-quarters in Missouri, makes it the largest watershed serving the ...
Red River of the North. The Red River flood of 1997 was a major flood that occurred in April and May 1997 along the Red River of the North in Minnesota, North Dakota, and southern Manitoba. It was the most severe flood of the river since 1826. The flood reached throughout the Red River Valley, affecting the cities of Fargo and Winnipeg, but ...