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If you want to know the specific flood risk for your home, use the Kansas City Parcel Viewer’s floodplain layer. 64112 around the Plaza Merchants along Nichols Road assess the damage of the 1977 ...
A barge moves on the Mississippi River, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, near Cairo, Ill. During the summer and autumn of 2023, parts of the Mississippi River dipped to historic lows after drought ...
Heavy rainfall could cause flooding problems, and some strong winds may also be a concern. The system is expected to move out of the area by early Saturday morning. Heat index values could reach ...
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, Arkansas City, Arkansas. The 1927 flood was the greatest flood in modern history on the lower Mississippi River. In the summer of 1926 until the spring of 1927, heavy rains fell in eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Ohio Valley.
The 1951 flood in Kansas began in May with the flood of the Big Creek, (a tributary of the Smoky Hill River) in Hays after 11 inches (280 mm) of rain in two hours. The creek overflowed, flooding Hays (the location of Fort Hays State University) to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) in most locations inhabited by the students on campus, necessitating a midnight evacuation of the barracks by families on ...
On July 3 a planned fireworks display in Richard Berkley Riverfront Park in Kansas City proceeded as planned and included the unveiling of a new lighting scheme on the Christopher Bond Bridge (Mile 365). The crest at Kansas City of 32.46 feet (9.89 m) on July 2 was well below Kansas City's all time crest of 48.87 feet (14.90 m) in 1993. [99]
Fargo Mayor Tim Mahoney told AccuWeather that the city deals with a "major" flooding event every 4-5 years, and officials are busy preparing for this year's flood potential. "Last week, we made ...
It destroyed the Kansas City Stockyards and caused Kansas City to build Kansas City International Airport away from the Missouri River bottoms to replace the heavily damaged Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Great Flood of 1993 – The 1993 flood was the highest of any of the three but had the lowest rate of discharge at 541,000 cubic ...