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Background-
.Floods are common in the Mid-West.
.Floods usually happen around spring due to snow melt.
.April-October 1993.
.Third largest river.
Impacts
.Levees began to overtop on July 7th.
.40 people died.
.55 towns were destroyed.
.6 million acres of farm land were destroyed.
.River traffic was halted for several months.
Causes-
.Usual snow melt but soil already saturated by spring rains.
.Usual Spring Drought did not happen. Torrential rain followed.
.Poorly built non-federal levees.
Response-
.6 Reservoirs and dams have been built along the river.
.Huge amount off Afforestation to increse the delay off run off.
.Levees have been strengthened and re-inforced.
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