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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 ...
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 feet per second (15,300 m 3 /s). While the 1993 flood had devastating impacts elsewhere, Kansas City survived it relatively well because of levee improvements after the 1951 flood.
This long-duration river flooding caused hundreds of levees failures, 50 fatalities and an estimated $15 billion in damages. ... Aerial view of the Missouri River flooding on July 30, 1993, at U.S ...
The Midwestern United States experienced major floods in the spring of 2019, primarily along the Missouri River and its tributaries in Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas. The Mississippi River also saw flooding, although starting later and ending earlier. The 2019 January-to-May period was the wettest on record for the U.S ...
The resulting flood inundated 14,000 acres (57 km 2) on the Missouri side of the river. [5] In one incident, a barge was sucked into the levee and slammed into a gas station, causing a fire. [6] The flood washed out all of the bridges in the area—the only links across the river for 200 miles (320 km).
A series of flood control reservoirs backed up by massive dams is a key factor driving the high water currently swelling the Missouri River. The abnormally high flow on the upper Missouri River ...
In St. Louis, Missouri, on June 11, 1851, floodwaters rose to within 5 feet (1.5 m) of the 1844 flood, while at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the flooding was worse than in 1844. [3] Great Flood of 1951 — The 1951 flood was the second biggest in terms of discharge at 573,000 cubic feet per second (16,200 m 3 /s). The 1951 crest on July 14, 1951 ...
Record flooding along the Missouri River, rain and melting snow have impacted water treatment in the Kansas City, Missouri area, the city's water operator said as it advised some customers to seek ...