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Harbor Town was closed to everyone except residents for a short period of time in May 2011 when the Mississippi River reached a level of 48 feet (15 m), 14 feet (4.3 m) above flood stage. [6] A 5-foot (1.5 m)-high emergency levee was built in the afternoon and evening of May 9, 2011, in the west lane of Island Drive.
On May 3, using the planned procedures for the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway, the Corps of Engineers blasted a two-mile (3 km) hole in the levee protecting the floodway, flooding 130,000 acres (530 km 2) of farmland in Mississippi County, Missouri, in an effort to save the town of Cairo, Illinois and the rest of the levee system, from record-breaking flood waters. [19]
The River Fund was created with proceeds from Garth Brooks' December 2010 concerts for flood relief and served the 52 flood-affected counties in Tennessee. On June 22, 2010, a benefit concert called "Nashville Rising" was held at Bridgestone Arena to raise money for Middle Tennessee flood relief efforts.
Which communities were affected by East Tennessee flooding This map shows key rivers - French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon - and dams that were hit hard by the floods. Key East Tennessee rivers ...
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The flood did not recede until December 29. It killed three people and displaced over 6,000 residents resulting in the construction of the current levee system. [27] On May 1 and 2, 2010, a similar flood took place, causing a massive displacement to residents in the Shady Oaks Mobile Home Community and other parts of Millington.
The year-end housing news is sobering -- U.S. homes are expected to lose more than $681 billion in value in 2011. But there's an upside -- that's 35% less than the $1.1 trillion lost in 2010 ...