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2011 Mississippi River floods

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2011 Mississippi River Flood

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The Dark Side of the Mississippi River

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Mississippi River Flood 2011

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NASA | Mississippi Flooding 2011

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For this family, Mississippi River flooding keeps happening. And happening

The Mississippi River floods in April and May 2011 were among the largest and most damaging recorded along the U.S. waterway in the past century, comparable in extent to the major floods of 1927 and 1993. In April 2011, two major storm systems deposited record levels of rainfall on the Mississippi River watershed. When that additional water combined with the springtime snowmelt, the river and many of its tributaries began to swell to record levels by the beginning of May. Areas along the Mississippi itself experiencing flooding included Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
  • Flood stages and effects by state 

  • Risk of major course change in the Lower Mississippi River