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Kankakee Torrent. Coordinates: 41°25′12″N 88°12′39″W. Sandstone cliff at Starved Rock State Park, carved by the force of the Kankakee Torrent some 19,000 years ago. The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic flood that occurred about 19,000 calibrated years ago [1] in the Midwestern United States. It resulted from a breach of moraines ...
The Kankakee River Basin drains 2,989 square miles (7,740 km2) in northwest Indiana, 2,169 square miles (5,620 km2) in northeast Illinois, and about seven square miles (18 km2) in southwest Lower Michigan. The Kankakee River heads near South Bend, then flows westward into Illinois, where it joins with the Des Plaines River to form the Illinois.
The river crest in Grafton was the fourth highest ever recorded. Cairo experienced over 156 days with waters above flood stage. In March, record flooding occurred on segments of the Rock and Pecatonica Rivers, and minor to moderate flooding occurred on the Fox, Des Plaines, Kankakee and Illinois Rivers.
Wilmington residents were allowed to return to their homes after a melting ice jam along the Kankakee River posed a serious flooding threat Wednesday.
The Kankakee Torrent was a catastrophic flood that occurred between 14,000 and 18,000 years ago, resulting from the breach of a large glacial lake formed by the melting of the Wisconsin Glacier. The origin of the flood may have been prehistoric Lake Chicago, it may have come from further east, near what is today the center of the Lower ...
Fox local. Kasey Chronis. July 16, 2024 at 3:59 PM. KANKAKEE, Ill. - The body of a 6-year-old boy who reportedly fell into the Kankakee River on Tuesday afternoon has been pulled from the water ...
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The Great Flood of 1993 (or Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993) was a flood that occurred in the Midwestern United States, along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and their tributaries, from April to October 1993. The flood is among the most costly and devastating to ever occur in the United States, with 50 dead and US$ 12 ...