Mississippi River 1993
Oscar Alvarado,Nicholas Velazquez
Date of Flood:
It went on from April to October
Location:
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Rivers Involved:
Missouri River
Flood Control Measures That Were In Place:
ST Louis Flood Wall, Levees along the river
How long it took the water to recede:
103 days
Three interesting facts:
-costs 15-20 billion in property repare
-more than a thousand levee's failed in the flood
-major sandbagging took place along the higher Missouri river