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Central and southwestern Indiana was particularly hard hit by flooding along the Ohio River and its tributaries; damages were expected to make the flooding the costliest disaster in the history of the state. Starting on June 4, 2008, rain soaked parts of south-central Indiana, leading to initial floods in and around Bloomington. Additional rain ...
The north side of Riverside Drive has a variety of architectural styles and is mostly residential. Unlike the other prominent streets, Riverside drive is outside the flood wall that surrounds most of the city and was built two feet higher than the height the Ohio River flood of 1937. [13] Grisamore House
The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m 3 /s); [1] and the Mississippi River at Thebes, Illinois, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m 3 /s). [66] The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system.
The flood helped make the case for a series of flood-control projects along the Cumberland River. March 1997 Heavy rain in Kentucky and southern Indiana caused flooding on the Ohio River and others.
Several river gauges throughout the Midwest and southeast were in major flood stage. [9] Some of the worst river flooding of the event occurred in the western suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, along the Meramec River; [10] 451 homes were damaged in this area. [11] River flooding stretched from Wisconsin to Louisiana by mid-April; some of the ...
Windstorms from Hurricane Ike hit Ohio in September 2008. Sixteen years ago, Ohio faced severe damage from Category 2 Hurricane Ike as it made its way from the Texas and the Gulf region.
The Ohio River was at 50 feet at the time of the photograph. According to the National Weather Service, at flood stages near 50 feet water begins to cover parts of Kellogg Avenue from east of ...
Iowa flood of 2008; M. Early Spring 2008 Midwest floods; June 2008 Midwest floods; S. 2008 Saint John River flood; Sans Souci Island; T. 2008 Tanana Valley flood