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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.
Nora produced 11.97 inches (304 mm) of rainfall over the Harquahala Mountains in Western Arizona, causing some flash flooding in the area. [3] Near Phoenix, rainfall from the storm caused the Narrows Dam, a small earthen dam, to fail; [3] localized rainfall amounts of up to 3 inches (76 mm) occurred throughout the state. [69]
The Platte and Elkhorn Rivers had overflowed their levees in the greater Omaha region, and some communities were put under a mandatory evacuation order. The Platte River at numerous sites had reached flooding of "historical proportions" with some sites breaking all-time record flood levels by as much as 5 feet (1.5 m). [49]
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — Flooding in the Midwestern U.S. collapsed a railroad bridge and tested a dam Monday after days of heavy rains that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate or be ...
Heavy rain and snow melt swelled the Missouri River on Friday, March 15, causing flooding in low-lying areas of Bellevue, Nebraska, according to the National Weather Service.Video posted to ...
Lightning crackled offshore as a blustery Pacific storm crossed the San Diego coast and pushed eastward through desert areas into Arizona early Friday after flooding communities northwest of Los ...
On August 11, 2014, historic flooding occurred in and around Detroit after a storm brought about 5 inches (130 mm) of rain in a period of several hours. [41] Many freeways across the area were heavily flooded, especially the Interstate 75/Interstate 696 interchange in Madison Heights, Michigan. Damage from the storm totaled $1.8 billion. [42]
The flooding event took place just after 8:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday night when as much as three inches of rain fell in rapid order, KTLA reports. That might not sound like much for the ...