James Robert Scott (born November 20, 1969) is an American who was convicted of causing a massive flood of the Mississippi River at West Quincy, Missouri as part of the Great Flood of 1993. Scott is currently serving a sentence of 20 years to life in a Missouri prison.

Jul 17, 2013 · Twenty years ago this week, a levee on the Mississippi River broke. In the eyes of the law, the blame rests squarely on a then-23-year-old man with a troubled history.

Apr 10, 2024 · A Mississippi sheriff has called for an emergency evacuation, saying that a levee on a nearby lake is soon to break.

Dec 18, 2024 · On July 16, 1993, a levee near West Quincy, Missouri, failed catastrophically, allowing the swollen waters of the Mississippi River to rush through. The breach flooded approximately 14,000 acres of farmland and completely shut down the town’s connection to Quincy, Illinois, across the river.

Sep 29, 2022 · The levee breach that changed life in Point à la Hache was a natural occurrence, but now the state’s coastal restoration agency is spending billions of dollars to create controlled river...

There is a breach in the Mississippi River levee at the Bohemia salinity control structure which has facilitated hydrologic change in the Breton Sound area in combination with other influences.

A levee breach or levee failure (also known as dyke breach or dyke failure) is a situation where a levee (or dyke) fails or is intentionally breached, causing the previously contained water to flood the land behind the levee.

May 3, 2011 · On Monday night, the Army Corps of Engineers stuck explosives into levee pipes, and blasted a gaping hole through one of the levees. The Mississippi River poured into Wyatt, submerging more than...

Nov 27, 2019 · Two river barges are marooned atop a muddy farm field a few feet from the road, adding an apocalyptic touch to the landscape. The silver-flecked barges have been stranded there since July, when...

Jul 27, 2017 · incidental benefit of protection from overflow. Following the passage of the 1882 rivers and harbors legislation that authorized the new policy, the Mississippi River Commission began...