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The 1951 flood in Kansas began in May with the flood of the Big Creek, (a tributary of the Smoky Hill River) in Hays after 11 inches (280 mm) of rain in two hours. The creek overflowed, flooding Hays (the location of Fort Hays State University) to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) in most locations inhabited by the students on campus, necessitating a midnight evacuation of the barracks by families on ...
A flood watch remained in effect for parts of central, south-central, and southeast Kansas from 6 am on Friday, March 12, until Sunday afternoon.“Periodic rounds of showers and thunderstorms ...
In Kentucky, governor Andy Beshear confirmed at least 14 people were dead, [25] [7] [8] and over 1,000 people were rescued from the floods. [27] Among the deaths were a mother and child who were swept away in flood waters in Hart County, and an elderly man who attempted to drive through flood waters in Clay County.
The watch, which is in effect from 5 p.m. through Wednesday morning, said flash flooding will be possible in parts of northeast and northern Missouri, including the Kansas City metro area, caused ...
The MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway, formerly the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and known locally as “The Big Ditch”, is a canal in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [1] Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, the Floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back ...
The Kansas City metro is in a flood watch as severe weather and heavy rain are likely to continue throughout the weekend. An additional 1-3 inches of rain are expected through Sunday.
It destroyed the Kansas City Stockyards and caused Kansas City to build Kansas City International Airport away from the Missouri River bottoms to replace the heavily damaged Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas. Great Flood of 1993 – The 1993 flood was the highest of any of the three but had the lowest rate of discharge at 541,000 cubic ...
If you want to know the specific flood risk for your home, use the Kansas City Parcel Viewer’s floodplain layer. 64112 around the Plaza Merchants along Nichols Road assess the damage of the 1977 ...