Floods in USA
Earlier today, Greg Abbott, the Governor of Texas, declared the 15 Texas counties worst hit by the October floods and storms to be state disaster areas. The counties are Bastrop,…
Washington State Governor, Jay Inslee, declared a state of emergency on 18 November 2015 after a series of storms struck across the state from the 13 November. Parts of neighbouring…
A violent storm system struck southern and central parts of Texas between 30 October and 01 November 2015. Flash flooding was reported in several parts of the state, including areas…
A king tide combined with persistent onshore winds led to coastal flooding across parts of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana on 27 and 28 October 2015, causing some localized…
Climate scientists predict that while the drought that has devastated the US state for four years will become more extreme, it will be interspersed with bouts of serious flooding, reports…
Parts of Texas saw as much as 12 inches of rain fall over the last 3 days. No casualties have been reported as a result of flooding which affected areas…
The National Weather Service in the USA has issued warnings for prolonged heavy rainfall for parts of Texas and Oklahoma. Some neighbouring areas of Arkansas and Louisiana may also see…
In the wake of flash flood disasters in southern France, South Carolina and Guatemala, the UN called for more action to reduce the risk of flash floods in urban areas.…
In their latest statement on the current flood disaster affecting wide areas of the state, South Carolina Department of Public Safety said that at least 15 people have died as…
Unprecedented rainfall brought deadly floods to parts of South Carolina on Saturday 03 October and Sunday 04 October 2015. Rainfall records have been broken. Some areas of South Carolina have…
Flooding has been reported in two southern US states over the last 2 days after record rain in Mobile, Alabama, along with “supermoon” high tides in Southern Florida. Mobile, Alabama…
Flood risk for New York City and the New Jersey coast has increased significantly during the last 1,000 years due to hurricanes and accompanying storm surges, according to a recent…
According to a NOAA report released earlier this month, many coastal communities in the USA could experience a higher number a floods between now and April next year. In some…
The recent flooding in Utah has now claimed 18 lives, with 2 still missing. The deaths occurred in two separate incidents, one in the town of Hildale, on the border…
Flash floods in the border area of Utah and Arizona have left at least 8 people dead and 5 others missing. Local emergency services described the flash flood as a…
Short lived but intense storms bringing high levels of rainfall have been a feature of the weather across parts of the USA over the last few days. Earlier this week…
