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  2. 2011 Mississippi River floods - Wikipedia

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    On May 3, using the planned procedures for the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, the Corps of Engineers blasted a two-mile (3 km) hole in the levee protecting the floodway, flooding 130,000 acres (530 km 2) of farmland in Mississippi County, Missouri, in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois and the rest of the levee system, from record-breaking flood waters. [19]

  3. Mississippi River Flooding: Man Builds Moat to Save Home - AOL

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    Russell, as the video below identifies him, has put more than a good amount of effort into saving his house from the White River flood waters. He's gone so far Mississippi River Flooding: Man ...

  4. Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway - Wikipedia

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    The gap also permits backwater flooding in the lower portion of the floodway. The floodway is designed to divert 550,000 cu ft/s (16,000 m 3 /s) from the Mississippi River during the "project design flood" hypothetical flood event. At this flow the level of the Mississippi River will drop 7 feet (2.1 m) at Cairo.

  5. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    $14.2 billion (2011 USD) Hurricane Irene: North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Florida, East Coast of the United States: 2011 Tornado: 346 $11 billion (2011 USD) 2011 Super Outbreak: Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas and Virginia: 336 tornadoes 2011 Flood: 20 $2–4 billion [45] [46] 2011 Mississippi River floods ...

  6. Mississippi flooding prompts rescues and evacuations - AOL

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    A flash flood emergency has been issued for parts of Mississippi after torrential rains caused evacuations, closed roadways and forced water rescues across the region. The Weather Channel's Justin ...

  7. Drone footage shows flooding in Mississippi [Video] - AOL

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    Pearl River measured at 35.36 feet on Monday, just avoiding the Major Flood Stage level, according to Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Drone footage shows flooding in Mississippi [Video ...

  8. North American hundred-year floods of 2011 - Wikipedia

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    Several hundred-year flooding events occurred in 2011. In North America, the following events occurred on separate rivers and tributaries: 2011 Assiniboine River flood; 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods; 2011 Manitoba floods (disambiguation) 2011 Mississippi River floods; 2011 Missouri River flood; 2011 Musselshell River flood ...

  9. Bonnet Carré Spillway - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opening the Bonnet Carré Spillway on May 9, 2011. The floodgate inlet is offset into the Mississippi River bank, at a location that had seen natural flooding for at least two centuries. The concrete structure has been designed to reduce settling into the riverbank.