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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 94 less likely due to mitigation projects to correct flooding problems although the impact will continue to be moderate. Coon Rapids located along the east bank of the Mississippi River experienced flooding from the Mississippi River in April of 1965, 1997 and 2001. All three years were the result of heavy spring rains combined with heavy winter snowfall amounts in the Mississippi River drainage areas. The southwest corner of the city requires sandbagging for approximately 25 homes. Additional sandbagging is necessary for an additional 12 properties in the northwest corner of the city. The river overflowing its banks threatens homes and property, utilities, and back-flooding of sanitary and storm water sewer systems. Out of banks flooding is likely to occur once or twice per decade. Future impact is considered moderate. Blaine experiences minimal localized flooding with extensive rains and melting snow runoff, but occurrences are infrequent and the impact minimal. Oak Grove which is located adjacent to the Rum River and experiences minimal flooding with extensive rains and melting snow runoff but occurrences are infrequent and the impact minimal. Lino Lakes, Spring Lake Park and St. Francis experience storm-water flooding during periods of heavy rain. The flooding is infrequent and the impact minimal. 4.3.1.2 Epidemics/Pandemics/Vectors Pandemics (World Wide epidemics) have occurred three times in the world’s human population. Anoka County has experienced minor cases of infectious diseases over the last 50 years that have been considered isolated occurrences or minor exposures. Anoka County has experienced 10 pandemic/epidemic incidents over 94 years. The impact was 89 fatalities and 5,929 injuries.  The 1918-1919 Spanish Flu caused the highest number of deaths. India had 16 million deaths. The U.S. had 675,000 deaths. In England 230,000 died. In Germany 225,000 and in France 166,000 perished. World wide, the estimated fatalities were 20 million to 50 million. During the Spanish Flu pandemic, Spain closed its government. New York City closed its port and trains did not run. The British Navy did not sail for three weeks.  The 1957-58 Asian Flu was identified in February 1957 in China. By June, it had crossed the Pacific and entered the U.S. Globally, it caused a million deaths. In the U.S., 70,000 persons died. It was a Type A virus.  The 1968-69 Hong Kong Flu caused four million deaths worldwide and 34,000 deaths in the U.S. It was a Type A virus. Epidemics in Minnesota were major killers in the 1700s and 1800s. The worst culprits were smallpox, polio, influenza, measles, and cholera, and yellow fever. In 1918, the Spanish flu pandemic struck Minnesota, 10,000 Minnesotans died, over twenty percent in the Twin Cities. Small towns were infected as severely as larger cities.