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Relentless flood swamped towns, turned roads into lakes 25 years ago this summer (7/16/18)Floodwaters swamped towns along the Mississippi River and its tributaries and turned roads and fields into lakes 25 years ago this summer. It was a marathon of a flood, which first surfaced in March 1993 and stayed around all summer. Its endurance taxed city, county, state and federal resources and volunteer efforts to battle it...
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Chronology of the Great Flood of 1993 (7/16/18)March 9: Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau forecast to crest later in the week at 36 feet, 4 feet above flood stage. March 19: The National Weather Service says the potential for spring flooding on the Mississippi River as far south as Caruthersville, Missouri, is minor to moderate...
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Flood of '16 breaks record in Cape, surpasses Great Flood of 1993 (1/1/16)The Mississippi River broke an all-time record in Cape Girardeau on New Year's Day, passing the previous crest established in the Great Flood of 1993. According to the latest river statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the river reached 48.61 feet at about 3 p.m. on the holiday...
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Dutchtown in final stages of flood buyout project (6/25/15)The tiny village of Dutchtown has become smaller as residents in flood-prone areas pack up their belongings and head for higher ground. Seeking refuge from rising floodwaters is not a new experience for people in Dutchtown's low-lying neighborhoods. But this time, it's a little different. This time, people will not return to their homes, but moving into new ones...
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20 years later: The flood of '93 (8/14/13)The Great Flood of 1993 set records in Southeast Missouri that have yet to be broken. In the two decades since, flooding or other natural disasters elsewhere may have seen comparative figures in terms of cost and damage, but perhaps no event reshaped communities and altered lives in the Midwest in the way the water did during the summer and fall when the Mississippi River reclaimed its course...
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1993 Flood: Then & Now (8/14/13)Village of McBride TOP PHOTOS: An area of fertile farmland between Perryville and Chester, Ill., known as the "Bottoms" had about 50 homes before the flood of '93, but there are many less now since 31 property owners received federal buyouts. ...
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Remembering the 1993 flood: Locals look back at flood fight (8/14/13)McBride Nathan Ernst, operator of Ernst Service Station and Machine Shop, was a junior in high school when the Bois Brule Bottoms were flooded by a levee break around 2 a.m. on July 25, 1993. He remembers that the water took about 14 hours to begin flooding the small farming community of McBride. Knowing the flood was coming, all residents could do was "hurry up and wait," he said...