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The Great Flood of 1913 severely affected Columbus, Ohio. The area most affected was Franklinton, also known as the Bottoms, for its low elevation near the Scioto River. Among many infrastructure projects, a 7.2-mile floodwall was built from 1993 to 2004 to protect most of Franklinton from flooding.
Part of McKinley Avenue in Columbus' Franklinton neighborhood will be closed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday for a scheduled flood wall exercise.
A flood watch in effect until 11 a.m. followed by a heat advisory this afternoon and evening. The heat index in Columbus could reach 106.
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The watch was issued at about 4:30 a.m. Monday
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The Ohio River and its tributaries flood cities such as Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana also suffers from high water. [7] Rising water overflows and then bursts levees at Dayton, flooding its downtown business district, while water levels continue to rise. [9] Wednesday, March 26
At least 10 people died this weekend as a powerful storm swept through a large swath of the United States, bringing widespread flooding and damaging winds to Southern and Eastern states.