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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.
A flood watch in effect until 11 a.m. followed by a heat advisory this afternoon and evening. The heat index in Columbus could reach 106.
Part of McKinley Avenue in Columbus' Franklinton neighborhood will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday for a scheduled flood wall exercise.
The watch was issued at about 4:30 a.m. Monday
The Ohio River and its tributaries flood cities such as Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana also suffers from high water. [7] Rising water overflows and then bursts levees at Dayton, flooding its downtown business district, while water levels continue to rise. [9] Wednesday, March 26
This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide, with a minimum of 60 deaths. ... Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913 ... 1. ^ Some reports list as ...
A line of thunderstorms moved through the southeastern U.S. this weekend with heavy rain and life-threatening flash flooding across the Ohio Valley and Appalachians and severe weather across the ...
"Ohio is the fourth largest producer of global warming emissions among all the states," with per capita emissions nearly "19 percent higher than the national average." [ 3 ] This is "mainly because 87 percent of Ohio's electricity comes from coal-fired power plants (compared with the national average of 50 percent)."