Flashback to 1993: The Five-Hundred Year Flood

In this video from the KHQA vault, we take a look at "Flood of 1993" news coverage out of Clarksville, Louisiana, Alexandria and Hannibal, Missouri. In 1993, Quincy had 152 days of flooding, while Hannibal had 174 days. You'll see reports from John Brandon in Meyer, Ill. on April 21, 1993; from Sarah Deien in Clarksville and Louisiana, Mo. on April 26, 1993; Lisa Brill in Alexandria, Mo. later in April of 1993; Robyn Nance in Marion County, Mo. on June 29, 1993 and Sarah Deien again in Hannibal, Mo. on July 1, 1993.

Read Tegan Orpet's story on the web at http://www.connecttristates.com/news/...

More on the "Flood of 1993" from the U.S. Geological Survey at http://mo.water.usgs.gov/Reports/1993...

More on the "Flood of 1993" from the National Weather Service at http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pah/hydro/flo...

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