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The Great Flood of 1993

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

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