Ohio River at Cairo
Posted by feww on May 4, 2011
“THIS COUNTRY NO GOOD for FARMING!”
Climate Change, Flood Plains, Explosives and Geoengineering
Hydrograph of Ohio River at Cairo
Source: NWS/AHPS
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE: Significant River Flood Outlook
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Click image to enlarge. Download largest image (5 MB, JPEG) acquired on May 3, 2011
These two false-color images taken by MODIS on NASA’s Aqua satellite on May 3, 2011 (top), and April 29, 2011 (bottom) show conditions along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. (See an image from 2010 for a comparison.) The image taken on May 3 shows the floodway downstream of Cairo completely submerged after the Army Corps of Engineers blew up a levee near Cairo which sits at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Source: NASA-EO. Click image to enlarge. Download largest image (5 MB, JPEG) acquired on April 29, 2011.
This photo taken by the US Army Corps of Engineers shows flooded farms near New Madrid, Missouri. The deluge followed the intentional breaching of two levees by the Corps. Click image to enlarge.
Related Links
- Heavy rain, flash floods for Ohio, Mississippi valleys
- Mississippi, Ohio Rivers Still Rising; Cairo Evacuated
- Epic Flooding Could Inundate Large Parts of the U-S Posted on February 10, 2011
- The Day Before Washington’s Birthday Posted on February 20, 2011
- Topsoil
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