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New video, pictures of ... Ky, on Thursday, July 28, 2022, after a flood swept through the community in the early morning. A bridge across the North Fork of the Kentucky River near Lost Creek, Ky ...
Chicago flood. Coordinates: 41°53′20″N 87°38′21″W. The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the ...
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.
The area's rivers experienced heavy runoff, especially along the Muskingum, Scioto, Great Miami, and Wabash rivers. The Scioto River basin in central Ohio recorded a flood level of 21 feet (6.4 m), which remains a record nearly 4 feet (1.2 m) higher than its other recorded floods.
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.
A truck and buildings damaged by flash flooding from Troublesome Creek sit along KY 550 near Dwarf, Ky., on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Fighting a flood recovery on two fronts
Additional flash flood emergencies were also issued for LaCenter, Kentucky, and Mounds, Illinois, and as far north as Karnak, Illinois. [2] Crop losses also occurred in western Kentucky, and power outages peaked at 19,433 during the flood event. [16] [17] 1 person was injured and six water rescues were completed in Graves County. [18] [19]
Best preschool friends Tressie Whisenant, 4, left, and Ada Miller, 4, watch from above as their neighbors and friends are being rescued from the flood in Whitesburg, Ky. Ada watched as her house ...