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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's largest weather disaster.
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 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.
On Easter 1913, the rains began for three days, and Ohio lost 470 people to one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.
Prior to the 1913 flood, the Dayton area had suffered major floods nearly every other decade, with major water flows in 1805, 1828, 1847, 1866, and 1898. [6] Most of downtown Dayton was built in the Great Miami River's natural flood plain , which seemed advantageous in the early years when cities depended on rivers for transportation needs.
1913 Flood: 428 1913 (Ohio) Statewide Flood: Southwest, Central, and Eastern Ohio: 1913 Flood: 361 Great Dayton Flood: Dayton, Ohio: Flood was created by a series of three winter storms that hit the region in March, 1913 1913 Blizzard: 250 Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Fatalities estimated 1913 Storm 250 $5 million (1913 USD) Great Lakes Storm of ...
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