1993 Midwest floods

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1993_Midwest_floods

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:disaster_response gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Illinois gptkb:Indiana gptkb:Iowa gptkb:Kansas gptkb:Kentucky gptkb:Minnesota gptkb:Mississippi_River gptkb:Missouri gptkb:Missouri_River gptkb:Nebraska gptkb:North_Dakota gptkb:South_Dakota gptkb:Tennessee gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:casualties	50+
gptkbp:cause	snowmelt persistent heavy rainfall
gptkbp:destroyedBy	$15 billion
gptkbp:displacedPeople	over 54,000
gptkbp:endDate	October 1993
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Floods_of_2008
gptkbp:governmentResponse	FEMA involvement Presidential disaster declarations
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1993 Midwest floods
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	extensive national and international coverage
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Great_Flood_of_1993 levee failures infrastructure damage Des Moines water supply lost Grafton, Illinois evacuation Kaskaskia, Illinois evacuation St. Louis flood defenses held Valmeyer, Illinois relocation West Quincy, Missouri levee breach agricultural losses flooded towns record river crests
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Bill_Clinton gptkb:Bob_Dole gptkb:Jim_Edgar gptkb:Kent_Conrad gptkb:Kit_Bond gptkb:Paul_Wellstone gptkb:Bob_Kerrey gptkb:Mel_Carnahan gptkb:Tom_Vilsack gptkb:Evan_Bayh gptkb:Tom_Daschle gptkb:Herb_Kohl gptkb:Terry_Branstad gptkb:Tom_Harkin gptkb:James_Lee_Witt gptkb:Jim_Sasser Mitch McConnell
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Floods_of_1973
gptkbp:startDate	April 1993
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Des_Moines_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5