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The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows China: 1996 2,566 1953 Japan flood (1953 Northern Kyushu flood and 1953 Wakayama flood), mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide Japan: 1953 2,400 [citation needed] North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 838 2,379 [citation needed] 1988 Bangladesh ...
Deadliest firestorm in United States history 1862 Flood >5,000 $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD) Great Flood of 1862: California, Oregon, Utah, and the territories that now make up Arizona and Nevada: An atmospheric river led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862.
An aerial view of Tropicana Field's shredded roof in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla., in the wake of Hurricane Milton early Thursday. (Max Chesnes/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (AP)
Photos and videos captured the "biblical devastation" in Asheville, North Carolina as residents scramble to find resources after flooding and power outages caused gas and water shortages.. Roads ...
As of 11 a.m. Friday, 16 people have died from the floods, according to Beshear. On Friday, receding flood waters in Whitesburg allowed the Letcher County community to begin cleanup of the muddy town.
The 1948 Columbia River flood (or Vanport Flood) was a regional flood that occurred in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Large portions of the Columbia River watershed were impacted, including the Portland area , Eastern Washington , northeastern Oregon , Idaho Panhandle , northwestern Montana , and southeastern British ...
The Vermont flood of 1927 is probably the worst flood in Vermont history doing $30 million in damages, which would be $270 million today, killed over 83 people and left 9,000 homeless. [74] [75] The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was one of the most destructive floods in United States history.