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The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
In Chicago, flooding caused an estimated $10 million (equivalent to $113 million in 2023) in damage, while $25 million (equivalent to $284 million in 2023) in damage was caused across the Chicago metro area. Flash flooding impacted numerous roadways, underpasses, and basements across the area, including several square blocks of the Chicago ...
Is the worst flooding in La Plata's history. [25] 17 November 2013: 18 heavy rain Cyclone Cleopatra, Northeast Sardinia. See Also 2013 Sardinia floods: 29 – 30 April 2014: 2+ heavy rain Alabama, Florida 7 June 2014: 73 rain storm 2014 Baghlan floods High rainfall contributed to the flash flood which destroyed hundreds of mud homes. [26] 27 ...
The July 2023 Chicago Area Flood was caused by a heavy rainfall that occurred on July 2, 2023, in the Chicago Metropolitan Area of northeastern Illinois. Rainfall up to 9.0 inches (23 cm) occurred over an 18-hour period; the majority occurred from early in the morning to late in the afternoon. [ 1 ]
A flash flood in Canandaigua, New York in 2017, greatly inundates a small ditch, flooding barns and ripping out newly installed drain pipes. The United States National Weather Service gives the advice "Turn Around, Don't Drown" for flash floods; that is, it recommends that people get out of the area of a flash flood, rather than trying to cross ...
Malawi, flash flood and landslide Malawi: 1991 500 [14] 2018 East Africa floods: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia: 2018 483 2018 Kerala floods: India: 2018 464 Lisbon flash flood: Portugal: 1967 449+ 2016 China floods: China: 2016 445 Western Japan, massive rains and landslides Japan: 1972 437
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927; Ohio River flood of 1937; 1954 floods of Northeastern Illinois; Great Flood of 1993; 2007 Midwest flooding; June 2008 Midwest floods; 2011 Mississippi River floods; 2013 Midwestern U.S. floods; July–August 2022 United States floods; July 2023 Chicago Area Flood; July 2023 Western Kentucky floods
Largest disaster in Minnesota history 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 ...