Mississippi River flood of 1993

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mississippi_River_flood_of_1993
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Illinois
gptkb:Iowa
gptkb:Kansas
gptkb:Minnesota
gptkb:Mississippi
gptkb:Missouri
gptkb:Nebraska
gptkb:North_Dakota
gptkb:Oklahoma
gptkb:South_Dakota
gptkb:Tennessee
gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:casualties 50
gptkbp:coordinatedResponseBy gptkb:Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency
gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkb:American_Red_Cross
gptkbp:damagedHomes over 50,000
gptkbp:damagedLevees over 1,000
gptkbp:displacedPeople over 54,000
gptkbp:economicImportance $15 billion
gptkbp:endDate October 1993
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Mississippi_River_floods_of_2008
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mississippi River flood of 1993
gptkbp:location gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
gptkbp:mainRiver gptkb:Illinois_River
gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkb:Missouri_River
gptkbp:notableFor failure of levees
federal disaster declaration
long duration
major impact on agriculture
major impact on infrastructure
major impact on transportation
record rainfall
widespread flooding
one of the most costly and devastating floods in U.S. history
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Great_Flood_of_1927
gptkbp:startDate April 1993
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mississippi_River
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4