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Here are some of the significant milestones during the Flood of '93. Find occasional links to stories or photos that ran in the Post-Dispatch in 1993.

MARCH 5
Mississippi River at St. Louis rises 14 feet in 48 hours; Missouri River at Hermann rises 11 in 48 hours
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APRIL 14 
Mississippi crosses Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard in St. Louis 

APRIL 16 
Mississippi touches bottom step of the staircase leading to the Gateway Arch 

APRIL 17 
Some residents of Grafton forced from their homes 
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APRIL 22 
Gov. Jim Edgar declared Grafton a disaster area 

APRIL 28 
Gov. Mel Carnahan declares state of emergency in St. Charles 
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MAY 11 
President Bill Clinton authorizes flood aid for St. Charles and Lincoln counties 

JUNE 27 
After dropping from earlier levels, Mississippi creeps back above flood level in St. Louis 

JUNE 30 
Levee along the Fox River breaks near its juncture with the MIssissippi in northeastern Missouri, the first major levee to fail 
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JULY 1 
Governors in Missouri and Illinois declare emergencies 

JULY 2 
Bridges across the Mississippi at Hannibal and Louisiana, Mo., are closed 

JULY 3 
As Mississippi levee at Winfield gives way, the VP Fair opens in St. Louis, with some attractions moved to make room for floodwater 
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JULY 4 
Guards start evacuating the Renz Correctional Center in Jefferson City 

JULY 7 
First levee break occurs at West Alton 

JULY 8 
A day after arriving in Italy for vacation, Gov. Carnahan returns to Missouri 
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JULY 12 
Residents complain of "overkill"; St. Louis cuts utilities to homes threatened by River Des Peres 
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JULY 18 
River Des Peres breaks through several portions of sandbags and levee, swamping the Monsanto Carondelet plant 
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JULY 21 
The flooding Missouri River sipes away a 100-foot section of highway in St. Charles County 

JULY 22 
The Mississippi River smashes through a 52-foot levee around Kaskaskia Island 

JULY 23 
Four boys and two adult counselors drown in a flash flood in Cliff Cave Park in south St. Louis County 

JULY 30 
The Missouri River breaks through a levee that protects the Chesterfield Valley; the Lewis and Clark bridges are closed 

JULY 31 
Precarious levees in Jefferson County lead hundreds of residents in Kimmswick and Arnold to pack up 

AUG. 1 
The Mississippi tops out at 49.58 feet at St. Louis, more than six feet above its old record 
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AUG. 6 
The Mississippi crest rolls past Ste. Genevieve without destroying its levee; Congress completes work on $5.8 billion in flood relief 

AUG. 8 
The threat ends as the crest sweeps past Cairo, Ill., and into the wider channel of the lower Mississippi 

AUG. 12 
In St. Louis County, President Clinton signs the flood-aid bill 
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SEPT. 26 
Sites spared earlier face late crest of the river 
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