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The 1945 flood of the Ohio River was the second-worst in Louisville, Kentucky, history after the one in 1937 and caused the razing of the entire waterfront district of the neighborhood of Portland. Afterwards, flood walls were erected around the city to 3 feet (0.91 m) above the highest level of the '37 flood.
The Great Flood of 1844 is the biggest flood ever recorded on the Missouri River and Upper Mississippi River in terms of discharge. This flood was particularly devastating since the region had little or no levees at the time. Among the hardest hit were the Wyandot who lost 100 people in the diseases that occurred after the flood.
However, the crest on July 16, 1844, was almost a foot (0.3 m) lower than the 1993 flood. Great Flood of 1951 – The 1951 flood was the second biggest in terms of rate of discharge at 573,000 cubic feet per second (16,200 m 3 /s). The crest on July 14, 1951, was almost two feet (0.61 m) lower than the 1844 flood and three feet (0.91 m) lower ...
1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide Brazil: 1967 431 St. Francis Dam failure United States 1928 431 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods: India: 2015 429 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide Nepal: 2002 425
The Great Flood of 1862 was the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundating the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico. It was preceded by weeks of continuous rains and snows that began in Oregon in November 1861 and continued into January 1862.
This was one of 92 water gauges to record an all-time record crest during the Great Flood of 1993. 1993 flood 2. A levee in Monroe County,, Illinois, near Columbia, Illinois, gives way to rushing ...
This flooding was part of the Great Northeastern Flood of 1936, which reached from Maine to Maryland. Also known as the Great Potomac Flood, it directly impacted Williamsport and Hancock, flooding ...
Great Flood of 1951 — The 1951 flood was the second biggest in terms of discharge at 573,000 cubic feet per second (16,200 m 3 /s). The 1951 crest on July 14, 1951, was almost 2 feet (0.61 metres) lower than the 1844 flood and three feet lower than the 1993 flood. However, the flood was the most devastating of all modern floods for Kansas ...