Natural Disasters in Michigan - June 2008 Midwest Floods, Mid-December 2007 North American Winter Storms, Heat Wave of 2006 Derecho Series (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: June 2008 Midwest floods, Mid-December 2007 North American Winter storms, Heat wave of 2006 derecho series, January 2007 North American ice storm, Early December 2007 North American winter storm, Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, Great Blizzard of 1978, Heat wave of 1995 derecho series, North American blizzard of 1999, Independence Day Derecho of 1977, New York State Labor Day Derechos, Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991, 1997 Western Plains winter storms. Excerpt: The June 2008 Midwestern United States floods were flooding events which affected portions of the Midwest United States. After months of heavy precipitation, a number of rivers overflowed their banks for several weeks at a time and broke through levees at numerous locations. Flooding continued into July. States affected by the flooding included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. The American Red Cross assisted the victims of flooding and tornadoes across seven states and the National Guard was mobilized to assist in disaster relief and evacuation. Flooding continued as long as two weeks with central Iowa and Cedar Rapids being hardest hit. The upper Mississippi Valley experienced flooding in Missouri and Illinois as the region's estuaries drained the floodwater into the river. The flood left thirteen dead and damage region-wide was estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars. On June 11, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich deemed Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper and Lawrence counties as disaster areas. Levee breaks on June 10 flooded portions of Lawrence County near Lawrenceville, inundating a campsite and forcing the evacuations of 200 homes. On June 14 many communities located along the Mississippi River in West Central Illinois were notified by the National Weather Service that crests along t...