Show Coast Guard Rescues Flood Victims Y F rr y M Maa M aa a t ae Food Flood victims in coast guard boats shown arriving at Jeffersonville Ind across the river from Louisville Ky where they were placed on refugee trains and taken to safety further north Foods Floods on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were the worst in the history of 01 the country More than people were made homeless by the treacherous waters that rose over retaining walls inundated d cities and towns and covered rich farm areas Damage of property exceeded half balf a billion dollars |