Cardiac tamponade: The Great Flood of

The Great Flood of 1993 inundated more than 20 million acres in nine states. Approximately 54,000 people had to be evacuated from flooded areas at some time during the flood , and approximately 50,000 homes were destroyed or damaged. Losses were estimated at 15 to 20 billion dollars. This StoryMap illustrates the Flood of 1993 across the National Weather Service St. Louis forecast area including the rare and extreme meteorological and hydrological conditions that contributed to the flood and the flood ’s impacts to people, infrastructure, and economy. Treatment is directed at any underlying systemic disorder. Idiopathic or viral pericarditis responds to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine. Complications include chronic recurrent pericarditis, cardiac tamponade , and constrictive pericarditis. The 1993 spring, summer, and fall flood on the Mississippi River was a historic event in terms of the time of the year, its magnitude and duration , and its impact on the river and its flood - plains.