Flooding of the Illinois River
One of the big rivers to burst its banks during the spring time floods in the Midwest, 2013, was the Illinois River. During April 2013, residents of towns like Peoria…
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Floods in USA
Midwest Floods Spring 2013
Springtime is here, and sadly that usually means floods for wide areas of the Midwest. So far the states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri have been the areas most…
The St. Francis Dam Flood 1928
One of the most serious floods in US history was that of the St. Francis Dam in 1928. The dam was built a few years earlier, between 1924 and 1926,…
The Ohio River Flood 1937
In another of our “floods in history” series, we look at one of the most devastating floods to occur in the USA: the Ohio River flood of 1937. The damage…
The Johnstown Flood 1889
In our look at the some of the worst floods of the past, below is an overview of the fascinating story of the Johnstown flood of 1889 which was also…
