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<br /> <br />II: <br />II <br /> <br />Ii <br />i <br />1 <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />THE FLOOD OF 1993 <br /> <br />F~::": a . ;....~~MidwestStates.1980-1990. <br /> <br />I <br />, - <br />Ie <br />i <br />1= <br />1= <br />I <br />I~ <br />I <br />I _ <br />, - <br />, <br />i: <br />! <br />i <br />,J <br /> <br /> <br />,~ <br /> <br />,~:'-"80-I~ <br /> <br />"""'- <br /> <br />:~ <br /> <br />N <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />FMRC <br /> <br />-.::s <br />.,~ <br /> <br />Store <br /> <br />~,-1nlIlge <br />~lIU:o :..,1190 <br /> <br />.~''''",-3l''o (IC <br />:I ~..QJ. -.:...~ (107- <br />="~I\J~ (~=-. <br /> <br />Miles <br /> <br />Soot=: :-..:-.:. ~.>(~C:mm <br /> <br />'. <br />" <br /> <br />1m I!!J)()O [VENT <br /> <br />1k ~ ~ 5.=ice ~"'"'5\ reported that the <br />FlrU:,r':E'E::ouseLJl:!ClSl3! Jl:IdI:;. "",ere <br />llamJ!!::c m.::::m:m:o:mdsbir :i"C tfuo p""ple of the <br />Mifue:E. "'" .' .~"...i ~ ",",'=led 50 percent of <br />Iho UliL EO a :iJ;m,:O per=<.:i ;:n.:h damages were <br />inm:~ '!i.~mainsr::::nrr.~. The <br />lIll\i=- ,t ":,.. .,. n~ ~ ~ in me uplands <br />~'Jr;:.:me; ~ -~ soil C;.-mfuiL~ rather than <br />u.w.:,.",1L 'JE: iIrntion of fb:uin1! ;:IIL<ed people to <br />~ 1i:I:n=.:rom ii=r"unes an:. Ju...~-...:.es for an <br />~=M. :rr. re rnajor.:m:,;. ;:n.:h as St. Louis <br />ant ~ 1,'. ~ -.=,..".,eneU by flood- <br />cnnm _~~. In ~ ~ pooL'l policies of <br /> <br />federal, state, and local governments avoided potential <br />damage by preventing development in the floodplain. <br /> <br />The Flood of 1993 in the Midwest was a <br />hydrometeorological event without precedent in modern <br />times. In tenus of precipitation amounts, record river <br />levels, flood duration, area of flooding, and economic <br />losses, it surpassed all previous floods in the United <br />States. During the period from June through September, <br />record and near record precipitation fell on soil already <br />saturated by previous seasonal rainfall and spring <br />snowmelt, resulting in flooding along major rivers and <br />their tributaries in the upper Mississippi River Basin. <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />I. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />-;.1: <br />" <br />'" <br />'j:' <br />;~ <br />.% <br />.~ <br />l!: <br />