Heavy rainfall and melting snow, plus some ice jams, raised rivers to their highest stages in nearly 20 years.
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Floods
Acquired April 28, 2011, and April 29, 2010, these false-color images compare spring flooding conditions.
Land Floods
Louisiana prepared for the arrival of flood water that stemmed from heavy rains that fell far upriver in Missouri and Illinois.
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Image of the Day Land Floods
A series of rainstorms pushed rivers in southern Great Britain to flood stage in February 2014.
Water Floods
Persistent heavy rains in the first two months of 2020 have swelled rivers from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.
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