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61Bonnet Carré Crevasse — The Bonnet Carré Crevasse was an 1871 breech in the Mississippi River levees some 15 miles upriver of New Orleans, Louisiana which resulted in substantial flooding. It was the worst flooding much of New Orleans had experienced since Sauvé s… …
62Geography of Chicago — The city of Chicago is located in northern Illinois at the south western tip of Lake Michigan. It sits on the St. Lawrence Seaway continental divide at the site of the Chicago Portage, an ancient trade route connecting the Mississippi River and… …
63Fire of Moscow (1571) — The Fire of Moscow (1571) occurred in May of that year when the forces of the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray raided the city. The khan set the suburbs on May 24 and a sudden wind blew the flames into Moscow and the city went up in a conflagration.… …
642007 United Kingdom floods — Infobox flood name=2007 UK floods image location=Severn flood 2007 Interview with ITV (central).jpg duration=1 June 2007 26 July 2007 total da total fatalities= 11 areas affected= (see below) The 2007 United Kingdom floods were a series of… …
65Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
66Paris — /par is/; for 2 also Fr. /pann rddee /, n. 1. Matthew. See Matthew of Paris. 2. Ancient, Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii /peuh riz ee uy /. a city in and the capital of France and capital of Ville de Paris Department, in the N part, on the Seine.… …
67June 2008 Midwest floods — Infobox flood image location=River Flooding.jpg June 10, 2008 name=June 2008 Midwestern U.S. floods duration=June 7 July 1 total damages (USD)= $6 Billion+ total fatalities=13 Deaths areas affected= Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota… …
68Northeast U.S. flooding of October 2005 — Rainfall totals October 7–12, 2005 In October 2005, remnants of Tropical Storm Tammy and Subtropical Depression Twenty Two merged with incoming continental cold fronts to produce torrential rains over interior New England, as well as over parts… …
69Huang He — /hwahng hue /, Pinyin. a river flowing from W China into the Gulf of Bohai. 2800 mi. (4510 km) long. See map under Chang Jiang. Also, Hwang Ho. Also called Yellow River. * * * , or Huang Ho English Yellow River River, northern central and eastern …
70Los Angeles — /laws an jeuh leuhs, leez , los/ or, often, /laws ang geuh leuhs, leez , los/ a seaport in SW California. 2,966,763; with suburbs 6,997,000; 452 sq. mi. (1170 sq. km). * * * City (pop., 2000: 3,694,820), southern California, U.S. The second… …
