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Domestic News
June 8, 1816
Virginia Argus
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
A crevasse in the Mississippi River levee near New Orleans has opened, releasing a powerful stream of water that threatens to devastate the surrounding alluvial country if not stopped.
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The Inundation at New-Orleans, is one of those disastrous occurrences peculiar to countries similar to that on which New-Orleans is placed, and not readily realised by those inhabiting a soil not formed by alluvion. The Mississippi would, for a great distance from its mouth, annually, like the Nile, overflow all the country adjacent to its banks, but for the embankments, (called on the Mississippi, Levees.) which are raised, partly by nature, partly by art, to guard against the evil. The Levee is of various heights, from two to six feet, and sometimes thirty feet wide.
Through the crevasses, as it is called, which is now made in this embankment, a stream of water 200 feet by 6, is said to pour with immense velocity, carrying every thing before it. It is many years since New-Orleans has been similarly afflicted. If the irruption be not arrested, the country will be almost entirely devastated.
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Through the crevasses, as it is called, which is now made in this embankment, a stream of water 200 feet by 6, is said to pour with immense velocity, carrying every thing before it. It is many years since New-Orleans has been similarly afflicted. If the irruption be not arrested, the country will be almost entirely devastated.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Infrastructure
What keywords are associated?
New Orleans Inundation
Mississippi Levee
Crevasse Flood
Alluvial Flooding
Where did it happen?
New Orleans
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Orleans
Outcome
if the irruption be not arrested, the country will be almost entirely devastated.
Event Details
A crevasse in the levee embankment allows a stream of water 200 feet by 6 to pour with immense velocity, carrying everything before it. It is many years since New-Orleans has been similarly afflicted.