1993 (11 images)

SLP1993072499- WEST ALTON, Mo. July 24 (UPI) -- The Highway 67 southbound lanes are used as a marina as flood waters from the Mississipi River cover the road in West Alton, Mo during the Great Flood of 1993 on July 24, 1993. bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI

SLP1993080897- CHESTERFIELD, Mo., August 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Coast Guardsman Dean Baker floats by what normally is a busy intersection as flood waters from the Missouri River surround the area during the Great Flood of 1993 in Chesterfield, Mo on August 8, 1993. The area was flooded after the Monarch Levee failed. bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI

SLP1993080696 - ALTON, IL, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Sandbaggers work to fill bags as the flood waters from the Mississippi River keeps rising in the downtown area of Alton, IL, on Aug. 6, 1993, during the Great Flood of 1993. jg/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI