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A major flood struck the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. In early April, a foot/30 cm of snow fell across the region. In early April, a foot/30 cm of snow fell across the region. Intense rainfall on April 18 and 19 of 75–125 mm (3.0–4.9 in) fell over a short time frame into the residual snowpack, increasing the magnitude of the flood.
The Tittabawassee River (/ ˈ t ɪ t ə b ə ˈ w ɑː s i / TIH-tə-bə-WAH-see) flows in a generally southeasterly direction through the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The river begins at Secord Lake in Clement Township, at the confluence of the East Branch and the Middle Branch. [3]
Seiches cause short-term irregular lake level changes, killing people swept off beaches and piers and even sometimes sinking boats [3] The great tolls caused by Great Lakes storms in 1868 and 1869 were one of the main reasons behind establishing a national weather forecasting service, initially run by the U.S. Army Signal Corps using telegraphs ...
The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 1986) is part of Pub. L. 99–662, a series of acts enacted by Congress of the United States on November 17, 1986. [1]WRDA 1986 established cost sharing formulas for the construction of harbors, inland waterway transportation, and flood control projects and established rules therefor.
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 ...
1986 Michigan Wolverines football team – Under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled an 11–2 record and a berth in the 1987 Rose Bowl. The team's statistical leaders included Jim Harbaugh with 2,729 passing yards, Jamie Morris with 1,086 rushing yards, Ken Higgins with 621 receiving yards, and Mike Gillette with 59 points scored.
Napa River flood of 1986 This page was last edited on 8 July 2023, at 09:49 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Edison power plant in Williamsport, Maryland, after the March 18, 1936 flood, surrounded by water from the Potomac River. The facility later became the R. Paul Smith Power Station.