Babban Ambaliyar 1913 a Columbus, Ohio

Babban Ambaliyar a shekarar 1913 ta shafi Columbus, Ohio sosai. Yankin da ya fi shafa shi ne Franklinton, wanda aka fi sani da Bottoms, saboda ƙananan tsawo kusa da Kogin Scioto. Daga cikin ayyukan ababen more rayuwa da yawa, an gina ganuwar ambaliyar kilomita 7.2 daga 1993 zuwa 2004 don kare mafi yawan Franklinton daga ambaliyar ruwa.

Masanin tarihin Columbus Ed Lentz ya bayyana ambaliyar 1913 a matsayin "mafi munin bala'i a tarihin Columbus".

 Tarihi 
Columbus ya yi rikodin abubuwan da suka faru na ambaliyar ruwa tun lokacin da masu mulkin mallaka suka fara zama a yankin a kusa da shekara ta 1797, galibi a bakin Kogin Scioto. Lucas Sullivant ya shimfiɗa kuri'u 220 a wannan shekarar, kodayake ambaliyar ruwa a cikin 1798 ta buge shafin, ta tilasta Sullivant don tsara zamansa, Franklinton, zuwa ciki. Ambaliyar ruwa a cikin 1898 ta kuma shafi yankin sosai, ta haifar da tafkin daga bakin kogi zuwa Asylum Hill, wurin Asibitin Jihar Columbus.

Daga cikin ambaliyar ruwa kusan 10 tsakanin 1798 da 1898, an gina jerin raƙuman ruwa, galibi 30 feet fadi da 15 feet tsawo. Hakanan, an kammala madatsar ruwan Griggs a cikin 1905, a wani bangare don samar da kula da ambaliyar ruwa.

 Ambaliyar ruwa ta 1913 
Daga Maris 24 zuwa 27, 1913, ambaliyar ruwa mafi muni ta buge Columbus. Ambaliyar ta kashe akalla 93 a Columbus, kuma ta makale da yawa a cikin gidajensu.

Hasashen yanayi da aka buga a cikin jaridu a ranar 24 ga watan Maris ya yi gargadi game da guguwa da ke tafiya zuwa gabas, kodayake ya bayyana cewa "babu haɗarin lalacewar guguwa a wannan kusa". Birnin yana da hunturu mai sanyi, kuma ƙasa ba ta narke ba, wanda ke haifar da haɗarin ambaliyar ruwa mafi girma. Farawa da marigayi a ranar 24 ga watan Maris kuma ya kai awanni 24, kimanin inci 5 na ruwan sama ya fadi a Tsakiyar Ohio. Ambaliyar ruwa ta faru a fadin Ohio, tare da yawancin manyan koguna ambaliyar ruwa. Da karfe 2 na safe a ranar 25 ga watan Maris, ya bayyana cewa babban ambaliyar ruwa yana tasowa. Da asubahi, gobarar gida da 'yan sanda suna ceto mazauna, kuma matakin ruwa ya kai matakin gwiwa. Da karfe 10 na safe, dutsen Jihar Levee, a fadin gidan yarin Ohio, ya rushe daga matsin ruwa mai yawa. Wannan ya haifar da mafi yawan Franklinton ya kasance a ƙarƙashin ƙafa 7 zuwa 17 na ruwa. Mazauna sun gudu zuwa bene na biyu na gine-gine da ɗakunan, kodayake an ɗaga gidaje da yawa daga tushe. An tilasta wa wasu mutane hawa bishiyoyi don tserewa daga ambaliyar ruwa. Da daddare, zafin jiki ya sauka, kuma wasu mazauna da suka gaji sun fada cikin ruwa"1913 flood changed Columbus".

 Tasiri da abubuwan da suka biyo baya 
Ambaliyar ta haifar da sake ginawa da ingantaccen ababen more rayuwa a tsawon lokaci. An gina sabbin gadoji da digues, kuma an gina Cibiyar Civic ta Columbus a gefen gabas na kogin a cikin gari."1913 flood changed Columbus". A cikin 1916, masu jefa kuri'a sun amince da shirin dala miliyan 3.5 don sarrafa ambaliyar ruwa, bayan ba a amince da shirye-shiryen jihohi da na ra'ayin mazan jiya ba. Kogin Scioto ya ninka sau biyu a fadin, kuma an zurfafa tasharsa.

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