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The rainfall led to overflowing rivers in the Chowan River Basin, some of which exceeded 500-year flood levels. [33] The Blackwater River reached 100-year flood levels and flooded Franklin with 12 ft (3.7 m) of water. Extensive road damage occurred there, isolating the area from the rest of the state.
From August 23–28, 2017, Potential Tropical Cyclone Ten's precursor stalled over Florida, causing the worst flooding the state had seen in at least 20 years. Fort Myers and other areas in southwestern Florida were the hardest-hit, forcing the evacuation of more than 200 people.
Flood: 23 2016 West Virginia flood: West Virginia: 2016 Blizzard: 55 ≥$500 million – $3 billion January 2016 United States blizzard: Southeast through the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast Snowfall totals in excess of two feet (61 cm) 2015 Flood: 25 $2 billion October 2015 North American storm complex: Carolinas
A city on Florida's west coast was hit by a record-breaking 8 inches of ... So rare was Tuesday's rain between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Sarasota that it should only be expected every 500 to 1,000 years.
A day after Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 storm, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that the storm surge that came with it was “basically a 500-year flood ...
The county is currently using 500-year flood maps to indicate areas where residents should be ready to evacuate. "We are using the 500-year flood plain maps as kind-of a guide.
Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station during flood on June 16, 2011. Lists of floods in the United States provide overviews of major floods in the United States. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present.
In the state of Virginia alone, damaged exceeded $800 million. West Virginia was also significantly impacted. Many streams and rivers rose to 100-500 year flood levels, with some cresting at record heights. As a result, whole towns, roads, and bridges were swept away. Nearly 9,000 homes were damaged, 4,000 of which were destroyed.