In all, the floods of June - July 1951 are estimated to have caused property damage totaling $935,000,000 (6.4 billion in today's dollars). 500,000 people, 370,000 in Kansas and 130,000 in Missouri, were displaced from their homes and 150-200 cities and towns were damaged.
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The flooding killed 17 people and displaced 518,000. Northeast Topeka flooded in 1951.
The unprecedented high waters affected all area river basins especially the Kansas, Neosho, Marias Des Cygnes and Verdigris. Damage costs in 1951 exceeded 760 ...
Twenty-eight lives were lost, and total damage was nearly $1 billion (in 1951 dollars). This was the worst flood to ever hit the Kansas City area, worse than ...
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Jul 16, 2021 · He turned 11 in 1951 when floodwaters from the Kansas River rose over dikes and levees, flooding cities along its path from Manhattan to Kansas ...
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“Black Friday,” July 13, 1951, still remains the single greatest day of flood destruction in Kansas. The Kansas River was so full that it forced the waters ...
The My 1951 floods in Kansas were caused by a storm of unusual size and intensity for the Great Plains. Figure 1. Women and children evacuated from ruined North ...
Jun 24, 2019 · May, June and July of 1951 saw flooding of the Kansas, Neosho, Osage, Verdigris and Missouri Rivers. In May, eastern Kansas saw 200 percent more ...
