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Floods have caused average of more than 125 deaths annually in the United States during the past few decades, according to national weather service, and Sudden floods It is the best killer in the stormy country.
Below is a look at some of the most fatal floods in the country in the past 25 years.
Researchers used helicopters, boats and drones to search for victims and save the people who were cut off in the trees and from isolated camps by washed roads.
Hurricane Helen, 2024
Helen Hurricane Florida, Georgia, Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia struck September 2024. The storm caused about 250 deaths, according to national weather service.
Many of those who died in Helen are a victim of the huge internal floods, instead of severe winds. Helen has been a bloody hurricane to strike the mainland of the United States since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Storm Remote cities are destroyed throughout He left millions without Energy, cellular service and supplies. In North Carolina alone, Helen was responsible for 108 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services in the state.
Kentucky, 2022
Flood water raging in East Kentucky In late July 2022, he led to 45 deaths, Tyler Royce, meteorologist in Aquoyeth, said on Saturday.
Floods destroyed homes and companies and caused severe damage to schools, roads, bridges and water systems. The disaster stole thousands of families of all their property.
Tennessee, 2021
Twenty people They were killed when the tables near the small city of Wiferley in Tennessee exceeded more than 17 inches (43 cm) of rain in the area in less than 24 hours in August 2021.
The houses were washed from their foundations, cars were destroyed and destroyed. The dead included the twin children who were swept out of their father’s arms.
Hurricane Harvey, 2017
Hurricane Harvey It was equipped in Texas in August 2017 as a powerful storm of Series 4. Harvey hover for several days as he was roaming at home, where he threw several feet of rain on many Gulf coast and Houston communities.
Harvey killed at least 68 people, according to Report of the National Hurricane Center. All deaths were attributed with the exception of three Harvey’s death to the flooding of fresh water, which caused damage to more than 300,000 structures and caused damage of about $ 125 billion.
West Virginia, June 2016
A rainy storm initially seemed to not turned into any major deal that turned into a disaster in West Virginia, besieging dozens of people during the night and at the end Leave 23 dead About the state.
Superstorm Sandy, 2012
Sandy Storm It was late autumn Stranger From Hurricane and other storms struck New York and the surrounding areas in October 2012.
Sandy 147 people were killed72 in the eastern United States, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ruiz said more than 110 deaths were attributed to drowning.
Mississippi River, 2011
The heavy rains in several states, in addition to a slow melting of an abnormal, led to rivers in the Mississippi River basin for amplification and floods in 2011.
The sudden floods associated with these storms caused 24 deaths via Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee in April and May, according to National weather service.
Hurricane Eik, 2008
Hurricane Ike The coast of the southeastern Gulf of Texas was struck in September 2008, which led to a rising storm of 20 feet (6 meters) in the city of Galviston Al Jazeera.
Then pour more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) of rain HoustonDestroy thousands of cars and leave hundreds of thousands of families with floods damaged.
In general, you were responsible for more than 100 deaths, many of them due to floods.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Hurricane Katrina It is the bloody flood events in the United States in the past 25 years.
The storm crashed on the Gulf coast and caused devastating floods when dams failed in New Orleans, where people had to save the boats and helicopters from the roofs of the houses.
Katrina caused the history of the storm in the United States, causing about 1,400 deaths and an estimated $ 200 billion of damage.
Equatorial Storm Alison, 2001
Ruiz said that the tropical storm, which caused 41 deaths, is often attributed to 40 inches (101 centimeters) of the rains that fell in Texas and Louisiana.
Alison remained a threat for several days as its remains remained after it retreated in June 2001, causing major floods in Houston.