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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with 27,000 square miles (70,000 km 2) inundated in depths of up to 30 feet (9 m) over the course of several months in early 1927. The period cost of the damage has been estimated to be between $246 million and $1 billion, which ranges ...
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United States. Mississippi River flood of 1927, flooding of the lower Mississippi River valley in April 1927, one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. More than 23,000 square miles (60,000 square km) of land was submerged, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and some 250 people died.
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Apr 11, 2017 · HISTORY. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 Laid Bare the Divide Between the North and the South. The 1927 disaster exposed a country divided by stereotypes and united by modernity. Susan...
Sep 1, 2016 · One of the most destructive floods in U.S. history was the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927. NMAAHC owns a remarkable set of photographs commissioned by the Illinois Central Railroad documenting the flooding. The railroad ran along the Mississippi River through communities large and small.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive flood in United States history. This flood extended across Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. At one point the river was approximately 80 miles wide near Vicksburg, MS.
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The great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, known as the nation’s most destructive, actually began in the summer of 1926, when heavy rains pummeled the Mississippi River’s central basin. By September, the river’s swollen tributaries were flowing at an alarming rate through Kansas and Iowa. On the morning of 1 January 1927 the residents of […]
The Great Flood of 1927 unleashed a spring season of catastrophic events along the banks of the Mississippi River. A weather system that stalled over the Midwestern states in the fall of 1926 brought untold amounts of water to the Upper Mississippi River region.
