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The Flood of 2011 set new record stages at Vicksburg and Natchez. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The peak streamflow at Vicksburg, 2,310,000 cubic feet per second (65,000 m 3 /s), exceeded both the estimated peak streamflow of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 , 2,278,000 cu ft/s (64,500 m 3 /s), and the measured peak streamflow of the 1937 flood, 2,080,000 ...
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 ...
The Bastrop County Complex fire was a conflagration that engulfed parts of Bastrop County, Texas, in September and October 2011.The wildfire was the costliest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history and among the costliest in U.S. history, destroying 1,696 structures and causing an estimated $350 million in insured property damage.
Apr. 11—PLATTSBURGH — A decade ago this spring, some of the area's worst flooding caused damage up and down the shores of Lake Champlain. "Ten years ago the water was extremely high," Clinton ...
Major flash floods on a Texas highway submerged a large truck and washed several other vehicles away after a wave of thunderstorms hit the state. A couple of the vehicles are seen precariously ...
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 ...
Flooding associated with the rains caused significant property damage in the areas, with drowning deaths reported in both Mississippi and Georgia. [4] Elsewhere, the storm helped spread wildfires that destroyed homes and killed two people in Texas, and a traffic accident in Alabama resulted in one death.
Mid-October 1983 – The remnants of Hurricane Tico from the Eastern Pacific cause rainfall over much of Texas, most of which is in northern Texas, where rainfall peaks at 9.59 in (0.244 m) in Quanah. [19] [25] Numerous road closures take place due to the floods caused by the remnants of Tico. [26]