The landslide caused bedrock to block the flow of the Indus River, creating a natural dam 500 feet deep. The dam eventually burst, releasing water at a rate of 540,000 cubic meters per second and ...

QUINCY, Ill., May 12.--The Mississippi River in this vicinity has passed the danger point and a repetition of the great flood of 1881 is seriously threatened. At that time the stage of water ...

The problem was historic flooding from the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers ... and most devastating river flood event in the United States. In the end, the Great Flood of 1993 cost $15 billion ...

The 1927 Great Mississippi Flood had a profound socio-political effect ... Over the years floods in Carroll County have wreaked havoc, caused historic damage, and changed our community forever.