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Data acquired August 19, 1993 3600 x 3600 3 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 19, 1993 3600 x 3600 36 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 14, 1991 3600 x 3600 4 MB - JPEG
Data acquired August 14, 1991 3600 x 3600 37 MB - GeoTIFF
Data acquired August 14, 1991 - August 19, 1993 92 KB - KML/KMZ
Data acquired August 19, 1993 JPEG
Data acquired August 19, 1993 540 x 672 JPEG
During the first half of 1993, the U.S. Midwest experienced unusually heavy rains. Much of the United States in the upper reaches of the Mississippi River drainage basin received more than 1.5 times their average rainfall in the first six months of the year, and parts of North Dakota, Iowa, and Kansas experienced more than double. The rains often arrived in very intense storms. Floods overwhelmed the elaborate system of dykes and other water control structures in the Mississippi River basin, leading to the greatest flood ever recorded on the Upper Mississippi. In St. Louis, the Mississippi remained above flood stage for 144 days between April 1 and September 30, 1993.
NASA images created by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data provided courtesy of the Landsat Project Science Office.
Published April 17, 2005 Data acquired August 19, 1993