Flash Floods in Slidell and New Orleans Area
As much as 2.24 inches (5.68cm) of rain fell in just 1 hour in Slidell, a city of around 27,000 people in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Slidell sits on the…
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Floods in USA
Flood Maps in the USA
Flood Maps in the USA are used by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to identify flood risk and provide the basis for setting the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) flood…
Spring Floods in Montana (Updated)
The warmer, Spring weather over the last few days resulted in ice jams, snow melt, runoff and rising river levels in many parts of the US state of Montana. A…
Floods in Palm Beach County, Florida
As much as 5 inches (12.7cm) of rain on Wednesday 5 March fell in parts of Palm Beach County, Florida. Wide areas of the north eastern parts of the county…
USA – 1000s Evacuated in Storm and Floods, California
A thunderstorm that hit California over the weekend resulted in flooding and mandatory evacuations. There were also reports of landslides, sink-holes, power outages and injuries as a result of lightning…
Further Flooding Expected in Illinois
According to WBGZ Radio and local news, the director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Jonathon Monken, today warned that with snowpack at twice the normal amount, further “spring floods”…
Amite River Breaks Banks Near Baton Rouge, Louisiana
After some heavy rainfall over the weekend, the levels of the Amite River, which runs to Lake Maurepas, are a cause for concern. Prairieville saw 1.32 inches (3.35cm) of rain…
Flash Floods in Bay County, Florida
A storm and heavy rainfall in the Bay County area of Florida on Sunday 23 February 2014 left several roads under water. Although the rain and floods were slight in…
River Levels Threaten Pittsburgh Floods
As with Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and New York state, the warmer weather. Four consecutive days of temperatures over 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the state brought with it snow melt, rain…
Snow Melt Floods in New York State
The warmer weather brought some flooding to parts of New York state late last week and over the weekend. In Sunset Bay NY, residents had to evacuate their homes and…
Warmer Weather Brings Floods to Ohio
Like other northern states in the USA, Ohio has seen a fair amount of flooding over the last few days after a spell warmer weather and rainfall. Snow melt, rain…
20 Evacuated After Floods in Indiana
Indiana also saw its share of snow melt flooding over the weekend and late last week. The flooding comes on the heels of record snowfalls throughout the U.S. On Friday,…
Flash Flood Alerts as “Pineapple Express” Arrives in San Francisco Area
A flash flood warning was issued by the US National Weather Service (NWS) on Saturday 8th February for Sonoma County in the San Francisco Area, California, as storm systems pelt…
Flash Floods in Memphis
Flash flooding swept across parts of Memphis metropolitan area and the Mid-South on Tuesday 4 February 2014. Up to 4 inches (10 cm) of rain fell in just a few…
Florida Tides More Extreme
A study by a group of 3 scientists including Mark E. Luther, he associate professor of physical oceanography at the University of South Florida, claims that high and low tides…
After the Freeze – Floods in USA
Some areas of USA have experienced flooding over the weekend. As expected, melting snow, rainfall, ice jams, burst pipes and water mains (City of Tulsa alone reported as many as…
