
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, July 13, 1993                   TAG: 9307130179
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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THE GREAT FLOOD

ILLINOIS:\ Deaths: 1\ Estimated property damage: hundreds of millions of dollars.\ Estimated crop loss: More than $160 million.\ Number of evacuations: 10,000 people.\ Number of homes damaged: 6,000.\ Acreage flooded: More than 510,000 acres of crop land.\ Number of flood walls or levees breached: Six levees breached.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas: 26 state disaster areas, 12\ federal disaster areas.\ \ IOWA:\ Estimated property damage: $1 billion, including at least $750 million in\ crops, $21 million damage to homes, $3 million to businesses, $5.5 million for\ temporary housing.\ Number of evacuations: At least 6,000 people.\ Number of homes damaged: Not available.\ Acreage flooded: 2 million.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas (state or federal): federal 12.\ State, all 99.\ \ MINNESOTA:\ Deaths: 3\ Estimated property damage, dollars: $8 million to public property, including\ roads, bridges, utilities and parks. Figures unavailable for private property.\ Estimated crop loss, dollars: $400 million.\ Number of evacuations: Not available.\ Number of homes damaged: About 10,000 affected by flooding. About 800 received\ moderate damage; 75-125 received major damage.\ Acreage flooded: 1.1 million acres of unplanted fields under water; 1.5 million\ planted fields under water.\ Number of flood walls or levees breached: none.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas (state or federal): 25 federal. Nine\ counties are still being assessed.\ \ MISSOURI:\ Deaths: 13\ Estimated property damage, dollars: Estimate: $500 million to $1 billion.\ Estimated crop loss. Tens of millions of dollars.\ Number of evacuations: 14,000 people.\ Number of homes damaged: 5,000.\ Acreage flooded: 526,000.\ Number of flood walls or levees breached: 25 levees on Mississippi; 100 levees\ on Missouri.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas (state or federal): 49.\ \ NEBRASKA:\ Estimated property damage: At least $2 million.\ Estimated crop loss: Not available.\ Number of evacuations: More than 100 homes.\ Number of homes damaged: Not available.\ Acreage flooded: Thousands.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas (state or federal): 3 declared\ state disaster areas.\ \ SOUTH DAKOTA:\ Deaths: 1\ Estimated property damage: $8.1 million (public property only).\ Estimated crop loss: $572.4 million.\ Number of evacuations: Statewide estimate unavailable, but 2,000 people in\ Madison on July 3.\ Number of homes damaged: 960, 10 destroyed.\ Acreage flooded: More than 3 million acres of farmland.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas: 17 counties declared state disaster\ areas; 33 counties as state agricultural emergency areas.\ \ WISCONSIN:\ Deaths: 1\ Estimated property damage, dollars: $131 million.\ Estimated crop loss, dollars: $125 million.\ Number of evacuations (specify whether people or homes): Between 500 and 700\ people.\ Number of homes damaged: More than 1,500.\ Acreage flooded: Not available.\ Number of floodwalls or levees breached: Not available.\ Number of counties declared disaster areas (state or federal): 37 of the state's 72 counties eligible for state and federal disaster aid.

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