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Record flooding occurred in the Binghamton, New York region, and in northeastern and central Pennsylvania. In Wilkes-Barre, the water was measured at 42.66 feet, an astounding number compared to the record of 40.90 feet Hurricane Agnes set in 1972. Municipalities along the river sustained major damage, many households and businesses among them ...
Stage was traditionally measured visually using a staff gauge, which is a fixed ruler marked in 1/100 and 1/10 foot intervals, [3] however electronic sensors that transmit real-time information to the Internet are now used for many of these kinds of measurements. [4] The flood stage measurements are given as a height above or below the zero level.
Portions of the state also was impacted by flooding on the same day, especially in Northampton County, where severe flash floods occurred and flood damages totaled at $7.55 million. [ 171 ] [ 172 ] [ 173 ] Overall, on all three days, severe weather damages, including some caused by floods, totaled $10.184 million and caused seven fatalities and ...
The official forecast now calls for the storm to dissipate by Tuesday. But if Sara survives to strike the Florida coast, it would be the state's fourth landfalling hurricane this year, behind ...
Emergency officials warned in a 6 p.m. ET Facebook post that Lake Lure Dam water levels are now receding. Emergency personnel have rescued more than 25 people through "swift water rescue."
More than 80% of Floridians don’t have flood insurance and FEMA was unprepared for the deluge of assistance calls after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida on October 9 ...
On September 22, The United States Geological Survey measured the greatest flow ever recorded on Sweetwater Creek, at 28,000 cubic feet per second (790 m 3 /s). [2] The flooding from the creek was met with water from the swollen Chattahoochee River, which blocked Interstate 20 west of Atlanta for two days. Many homes and businesses in the area ...
A flash flood in Canandaigua, New York in 2017, greatly inundates a small ditch, flooding barns and ripping out newly installed drain pipes. The United States National Weather Service gives the advice "Turn Around, Don't Drown" for flash floods; that is, it recommends that people get out of the area of a flash flood, rather than trying to cross ...