Flooding Mississippi River

Flooding Mississippi River - Mississippi River is one of the longest river in the world, and this river each year experiencing house flooding that inundated homes sekitar.tahun 2011 Mississippi river floods are also back.

The biggest flood occurred in 1927, flood that exceeded the Mounds Landing levee lead to a break with more than double the water volume of Niagara Falls.

Mississippi River levee system broke in 145 places and flooded 27,000 square miles (70,000 km2). This water flooded area 80 km (50 miles) wide and more than 160 km (100 miles). The area was flooded to a depth of 30 feet (10 m). Floods caused more than $ 400 million in damage and killed 246 people in seven countries.

Flooding Mississippi River : Mississippi River in 2011 is also expected to have over, causing flooding. "We will do everything we can to prepare for the worst case scenario while we are still hoping for the best case," Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said, adding that the country is ready to withstand the test "