The Great Flood of 1927

Domestic animals huddle on the remaining levee crests in the submerged town of Bordelonville, LA during the flood of 1927.

The false sense of security in the Lower Mississippi Valley vanished in the flood of 1927, a natural disaster of great proportions. This tremendous flood extended over nearly 26,000 square miles, killed more than 500 people and drove more than 700,000 people from their homes. Thirteen crevasses in the main Mississippi River levees occurred, demonstrating that even the largest and strongest levees would not alone protect from flooding.