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The Flood of 2011 set new record stages at Vicksburg and Natchez. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The peak streamflow at Vicksburg, 2,310,000 cubic feet per second (65,000 m 3 /s), exceeded both the estimated peak streamflow of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 , 2,278,000 cu ft/s (64,500 m 3 /s), and the measured peak streamflow of the 1937 flood, 2,080,000 ...
The flooding occurred due to record snowfall in the area followed by its snowmelt and in combination with intense spring rains. [2] Lake Champlain stayed at flood stage for 67 days from April to June, and on May 10, 2011, the lake broke its previous flood level set in 1869 by reaching 102.8 ft. at Rouses Point, New York.
The prospect of flooding led Harrisburg to evacuate 10,000 people from low-lying areas of downtown. [68] The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was evacuated due to rising floodwaters. [69] Lee caused the Susquehanna River to reach the third-worst flood stage in its history, and caused the Swatara Creek to reach its highest level ever. [70]
Apr. 11—PLATTSBURGH — A decade ago this spring, some of the area's worst flooding caused damage up and down the shores of Lake Champlain. "Ten years ago the water was extremely high," Clinton ...
The Queensland floods were followed by the 2011 Victorian floods which saw more than fifty communities in western and central Victoria also grapple with significant flooding. On 26 February 2021 the result of legal action, started in 2014 and won in 2019, was a partial settlement of A$440 million in compensation for thousands of flood victims ...
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 ...
The flooding affected Saskatchewan and North Dakota; notably in Minot, where it overtopped levees and caused the evacuation of about 11,000 residents. The flooding in Minot was worse than the 1969 and 1881 floods; many other towns along the river were affected and many acres of farmland were inundated.
The flood, rather than being a short term event, was anticipated to last from June through August 2011 as a result of attempts by the Corps of Engineers to regulate the release of water through 850 miles (1,370 km) of open river from Garrison Dam in North Dakota to the confluence with the Mississippi River at St. Louis.