“In the Spring and Summer of 1993, rainstorms pounded the midwestern United States. As the rain fell, the Mississippi River rose higher and higher. Like a wet sponge, the ground became so full of water that it could not absorb any more rain. Finally, the swollen river spilled over its banks and poured onto the surrounding countryside.”
--from “Flood Alert!” by Elizabeth Armstrong Hall
© 2005 by Carus Publishing
St. Charles outside St. Louis, Summer 1993. (Courtesy, U.S. Geological Survey)
