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The Great Flood of 1913 severely affected Columbus, Ohio. The area most affected was Franklinton , also known as the Bottoms, for its low elevation near the Scioto River . Among many infrastructure projects, a 7.2-mile floodwall was built from 1993 to 2004 to protect most of Franklinton from flooding.
The official death toll range for Ohio falls between 422 and 470. Flood-related death estimates in Indiana range from 100 to 200. More than a quarter million people were left homeless. The death toll from the flood of 1913 places it second to the Johnstown Flood of 1889 as one of the deadliest floods in the United States. The flood remains Ohio ...
The Great Dayton Flood of 1913, part of the Great Flood of 1913, resulted from flooding by the Great Miami River reaching Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding area, causing the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history. In response, the General Assembly passed the Vonderheide Act to enable the formation of conservancy districts.
On Easter 1913, the rains began for three days, and Ohio lost 470 people to one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.
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The California flood resulted in 13 deaths, 50,000 people were evacuated and over $400 million in property damage. [6] Three thousand residents of Linda joined in a class action lawsuit, Paterno v. State of California Archived May 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, which eventually reached the California Supreme Court in 2004. The California high ...
Although developed on higher ground, the city has been subject to seasonal flooding. It had extensive flooding in 1884, 1913, and 1937. After the flood of 1937, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed a floodwall protecting the city, which prevented two major floods in 1964 and 1997.