1927 Great Mississippi Flood

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:disaster_response gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Arkansas gptkb:Illinois gptkb:Kentucky gptkb:Louisiana gptkb:Mississippi gptkb:Missouri gptkb:Oklahoma gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:cause	heavy rainfall levee failures
gptkbp:consequence	gptkb:Flood_Control_Act_of_1928 changes in federal flood control policy influence on blues music influence on civil rights movement increased role of federal government in disaster response major migration of African Americans
gptkbp:date	1927
gptkbp:displacedPeople	over 600,000
gptkbp:economicImportance	over $400 million (1927 USD)
gptkbp:floodedArea	27,000 square miles
gptkbp:highestWaterLevel	56 feet at Memphis
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1927 Great Mississippi Flood
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Mississippi_River gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive national attention
gptkbp:notableEvent	levee dynamited at Caernarvon, Louisiana
gptkbp:notableFor	largest flood in U.S. history at the time
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Flood_Control_Act_of_1928 gptkb:Great_Migration
gptkbp:victim	estimated 500
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Yazoo_River_Basin gptkb:Mississippi_River_at_Memphis
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7