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The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927A crevasse in the levee at Junior, Louisiana, on April 23, 1927Caused by an out-of-control steamship striking the leveeFrom: The Floods of 1927 in the Mississippi Basin, Frankenfeld, H

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The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927A crevasse in the levee at Junior, Louisiana, on April 23, 1927Caused by an out-of-control steamship striking the leveeFrom: The Floods of 1927 in the Mississippi Basin, Frankenfeld, H.C., 1927Monthly Weather Review Supplement No. 29

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Archival Photography by Steve Nicklas

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Weather Service

Meteorological Monsters

Floods

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Monsters

Floods