Kansas skilled record-breaking quantities of rain and flooding.
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On July 13, 1951, the state of Kansas used to be hit with over 25 inches of rain. The towns of Manhattan, Lawrence, and Topeka had been most influenced, and over 2 million acres of land had been broken through the flood.
The hurricane additionally affected oil tanks, a few of which stuck on hearth and exploded. There had been passengers caught on trains for 4 days. And, at its absolute best, the flooding exceeded earlier information through 4 to 9 ft.
The other people of Kansas weren’t unsuitable to name these days “Black Friday.”
