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Adamsville, never rebuilt after being largely destroyed by a flood. Alamo Crossing, Submerged in Alamo Lake. [7] Aubrey Landing, flooded during the formation of Lake Havasu. [8] Castle Dome Landing, submerged in Martinez Lake. [9] [10] Colorado City, destroyed by the Great Flood of 1862; La Laguna, the former site is underneath Mittry Lake.
In a two-day period on October 30–31 a flood event occurred in Texas. The floods prompted evacuations and water rescues across the Austin area, and the National Weather Service in Austin issued a rare flash flood emergency for the city of Austin and areas in Travis County. [36] 81 flood-related incidents were also reported, and 7 fatalities ...
Wind gusts soared up to 71 miles per hour (114 km/h) in Dimmitt, Texas, while hail in Snyder, Texas reached 4.25 inches (10.8 cm) of rain. [5] Several cities in Texas broke rainfall records May 19 with 2–3 inches (5.1–7.6 cm) of rain. [23] Parts of Jefferson County, Texas were put under a flash flood emergency, which also extended into ...
The flooding disaster unfolding across parts of Southeast Texas began days earlier, on Sunday, when the first rounds of heavy rain drenched the region and started to drain into lakes that were ...
Record rainfall was wreaking havoc across a swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday, causing flash floods and forcing at least 2,000 people to flee. Flash floods in Texas, Oklahoma kill 2, 100s of ...
The climate of Houston brings very heavy rainfall annually in between April and October, during the Texas Gulf Coast rainy season, together with tidal flood events, which have produced repeated floods in the city ever since its founding in 1836, though the flood control district founded in 1947, aided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...
Crews were responding to “10 to 15 high-water rescues” in the eastern Texas city of Kirbyville early Wednesday, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office said, and flooding damage was reported in ...
The torrential rains resulted in widespread, severe flooding across Houston and surrounding suburbs—the worst since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. 5 people died in flood-related incidents. In Harris County alone, more than 1,800 high water rescues were conducted; 744 homes and 400 apartments were inundated with water.