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Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
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Great Flood of 1993
Midwestern United States flooding
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Levee
Ridge or wall to hold back water
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Kaskaskia, Illinois
Village in Illinois
Kaskaskia is a village in Randolph County, Illinois on the Mississippi River. It was settled by France as part of the Illinois Country and was named for the Kaskaskia people. Its population peaked at around 7,000 as a regional center in the 18th century. During the American…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Direct reporting unit and U.S. Army's branch for military engineering
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