Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Cole
The Story of the Mill Creek Flood Event, 2020
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District
Feb. 9, 2020 | 4:39
The historic flash flood of Mill Creek was devastating for many of our neighbors in the Walla Walla Valley, but the City of Walla Walla was again spared from the ruinous damage of 6,000 cubic feet per second of floodwater raging through the city. As we recover from the storm and prepare for the future, we should pause to remember the vision of city leaders such as Virgil Bennington, the ingenuity of an earlier generation of U.S. Army engineers, and the dedicated professionals who operate today’s Mill Creek Project.
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