1993 Mississippi River flood

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea over 400,000 square miles
gptkbp:casualties 50
gptkbp:cause snowmelt
persistent heavy rainfall
gptkbp:destroyedBy $15 billion
gptkbp:displacedPeople over 54,000
gptkbp:endDate October 1993
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1993 Mississippi River flood
gptkbp:leveeFailures over 1,000
gptkbp:location gptkb:Colorado
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Indiana
gptkb:Iowa
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Missouri_River
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:North_Dakota
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Kansas_City
gptkb:Quincy
gptkb:St._Louis
gptkb:Alton
gptkb:Des_Moines
Grafton
gptkbp:notableEvent road closures
agricultural losses
record river crests
Red Cross relief efforts
evacuations
National Guard deployed
transportation disruptions
Army Corps of Engineers response
Des Moines water supply lost for 12 days
bridge failures
federal disaster declared in 9 states
flooded farmland
flooded over 75 towns
levee sandbagging
longest flood duration in U.S. history
railroad closures
gptkbp:startDate April 1993
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:West_Quincy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7