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| Title: | DEVELOPMENT INCREASES ON ST. LOUIS AREA FLOODPLAINS |
| Caption: | This mile-and-a-half-long strip mall, one of the largest in the United States, was built on land in Chesterfield, Missouri, that was submerged under approximately 3 m (10 ft.) of Missouri River water in 1993. New levees surrounding this mall and other floodplain development will greatly reduce the area available for future floodwaters. This will increase the flood height upstream. (Tom Gannam/AP Worldwide Photos) |
| Keywords: | streams, rivers, water, floods, flooding |