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Floodwaters at the Confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers
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Floodwaters at the Confluence of the Wabash and Ohio Rivers

What happens downriver can be largely affected by what happens upriver in the floodplains of major rivers.

Published Mar 15, 2018

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High Waters along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
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High Waters along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

Acquired March 12, 2011, and February 12, 2011, these false-color images show parts of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers before and after melting snow raised water levels.

Published Mar 14, 2011

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Flooding in the Central and Southern U.S.
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Flooding in the Central and Southern U.S.

In late February 2018, heavy rains gave rise to damaging floods along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

Published Feb 27, 2018

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Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL
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Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL

The Ohio River becomes a tributary of the Mississippi River directly south of Cairo, Illinois, a small city on the spit of land where the rivers converge. Brown, sediment-laden water flowing generally northeast to south from the Ohio River is distinct from the green and relatively sediment-poor water of the Mississippi River (flowing northwest to south). The color of the rivers in this image is reversed from the usual condition of a green Ohio and a brown Mississippi.

Published Feb 6, 2006

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Floods in the Ohio River Valley
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Floods in the Ohio River Valley

Published Jan 12, 2005

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Floods Recede around the Wabash-Ohio Confluence
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Floods Recede around the Wabash-Ohio Confluence

Acquired June 23, 2011, this natural-color image shows the Wabash-Ohio confluence after 2011 spring floods retreated.

Published Jul 3, 2011

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Floods Along the Ohio River
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Floods Along the Ohio River

Heavy rain and snow swelled the rivers of Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, pushing many past flood stage during the first two weeks of January 2005. The flooding occurred after several days of rain and snow fell on the already saturated ground of the U.S. Midwest. Since the water could not be absorbed into the soaked ground, it ran off as flood water. The storms were followed by warm temperatures, which melted the snow and produced further flooding. By January 17, some of the flooding had started to recede, but large tracts of land along the Ohio and Wabash Rivers were still under water.

Published Jan 19, 2005

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Winter Flooding in Mississippi and Louisiana
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Winter Flooding in Mississippi and Louisiana

Persistent heavy rains in the first two months of 2020 have swelled rivers from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.

Published Feb 29, 2020

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Unseasonable Flooding on the Mississippi River
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Unseasonable Flooding on the Mississippi River

Parts of the Mississippi are swollen and spilling over its banks due to late December rains that are now flowing downstream.

Published Jan 5, 2016

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Winter Flooding on the Mississippi
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Winter Flooding on the Mississippi

Persistent rains and saturated soils across the watershed swelled the river to its banks and occasionally onto floodplains.

Published Feb 4, 2020

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Flooding on the Lower Mississippi
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Flooding on the Lower Mississippi

Louisiana prepared for the arrival of flood water that stemmed from heavy rains that fell far upriver in Missouri and Illinois.

Published Jan 16, 2016

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Flooding in Memphis
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Flooding in Memphis

Acquired May 10, 2011, and April 21, 2010, these natural-color images show flooded and normal conditions along the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee.

Published May 11, 2011

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