Scioto and Great Miami rivers. Eastern sections of Higginsport went underwater, leaving only one route in and out of town. It was Ohio's worst flood in 30 years. The death toll from the event was 33, with 21 lives lost in Kentucky and 5 lost in Ohio. Hundreds were injured. Much of the devastated Kentucky city of Falmouth moved to higher ground after the flood. 1997 Red River flood The prior winter was one of the snowiest on record for the northern Plains, with falling at Fargo, North Dakota. During the spring thaw, this creates problems as it is usually colder in southern Canada, which makes ice jam flooding a major concern for this river basin. Starting in early February, a major flood was anticipated, over two months before the flood. This gave the region plenty of time to sandbag the nearby dikes. The river began rising on April 4, and flooding the area on April 18 as the flood waters rose up to above the long term prediction. Dikes gave way, and Grand Forks was inundated. Between 75–90% of the residents had been evacuated prior to this time. Fires began to break out on the 19th as electric lines shorted out, which destroyed 11 buildings in downtown. The river and associated flood waters began to recede on April 23. Fort Collins, Colorado, flood of July 1997 On July 27, upslope flow into the Front Range of the Rockies forced dewpoint temperatures to around . By 5 pm local time, thunderstorms began to erupt. Within 30 minutes, local amounts of had fallen near Laporte and Livermore, with more falling near Loveland before the storm weakened around 8 pm. South of Fort Collins, new thunderstorm development began around 10 pm, which spread north through the city, dumping another of rain before dissipating. Around midnight on July 28, upslope flow increased behind a cold front that triggered the initial thunderstorms. Steady rains began around 1 am, ending for the most part around 4 am for much of the region except for a narrow swath including Fort Collins, where rains continued towards 7 am. However, rains renewed across the region between 8 am and noon. An additional of rain had fallen near Laporte. By that evening, thunderstorms redeveloped. Starting at 7 pm, heavy rains fell at Colorado State University. Between 8:30 and 10 pm, very heavy rains struck Fort Collins again. A total