Mississippi River flood of 1927

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_River_flood_of_1927
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Arkansas
gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Indiana
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Kentucky
gptkb:Louisiana
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Texas
gptkbp:casualties at least 246
gptkbp:cause heavy rainfall
levee failures
gptkbp:consequence creation of the Flood Control Act of 1928
significant impact on the 1928 U.S. presidential election
major changes to federal flood control policy
migration of African Americans to northern cities
increased role of the federal government in disaster response
gptkbp:displacedPeople over 600,000
gptkbp:endDate 1927-08
gptkbp:floodedArea over 27,000 square miles
gptkbp:highestWaterLevel over 30 feet in some locations
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the most destructive river floods in U.S. history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi River flood of 1927
gptkbp:location gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national attention
gptkbp:notableEvent levee dynamited at Caernarvon, Louisiana
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Calvin_Coolidge
gptkb:Herbert_Hoover
gptkbp:propertyDamage over $400 million (1927 USD)
gptkbp:startDate 1927-04
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Great_Flood_of_1993
gptkb:Mississippi_Valley
gptkb:Jackson,_Tennessee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6