Floods have caused an average of more than 125 deaths per year in the United States in recent decades, according to the National Meteorological Service, and sudden floods are the main murderer related to the nation’s storm.
Here is a look at some of the most mortal floods throughout the country in the last 25 years.
Search engines used helicopters, ships and drones to look for victims and rescue people stranded in trees and camps isolated by torn roads.
Hurricane Helene, 2024
Hurricane Helene hit Florida, Georgia, Las Carolinas, Tennessee and Virginia in September 2024. The storm caused around 250 deaths, according to the National Meteorological Service.
Many of those who died in Helene were victims of mass floods from the interior, instead of strong winds. Helene was the deadliest hurricane in hitting the United States from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The storm decimated remote cities in the Appalaches and left millions without energy, cell service and supplies. In North Carolina alone, Helene was responsible for 108 deaths, according to the State Health and Human Services Department.
Kentucky, 2022
The furies of flooding in eastern Kentucky at the end of July 2022 led to 45 deaths, the senior meteorologist of Accuweather Tyler Rys said on Saturday.
Floods destroyed homes and businesses and caused significant damage to schools, roads, bridges and water systems. The disaster stole thousands of families from all their possessions.
Tennessee, 2021
Twenty people were killed when the streams near the small city of Tennessee de Waverly overflowed after more than 17 inches (43 centimeters) of rain fell into the area in less than 24 hours in August 2021.
The houses were eliminated from their foundations, the cars were destroyed and the companies were demolished. The dead included twin babies that were swept from their father’s arms.
Hurricane Harvey, 2017
Hurricane Harvey arrived in Texas in August 2017 as a powerful storm of category 4. Harvey hovered for days while walking inland, throwing several feet of rain in many communities of the Gulf coast and the Houston area.
Harvey killed at least 68 people, according to a report from the National Hurricane Center. All but three of Harvey’s deaths were attributed directly to fresh water floods, which damaged more than 300,000 structures and caused estimated damage of $ 125 billion.
Western Virginia, June 2016
A storm that initially seemed much that did not become a catastrophe in West Virginia, catching dozens of people during the night and eventually leaving 23 people dead throughout the state.
Superstorm Sandy, 2012
Superstant Sandy was a combination of hurricanes and other storms from autumn late and other storms that New York hit and its surroundings in October 2012.
Sandy killed 147 people, 72 in the east of the United States, according to the National Hurricane Center. More than 110 deaths were attributed to drowning, Rots said.
Mississippi River, 2011
Heavy rains in several states, plus a slower slow than normal fusion, took the rivers in the Mississippi river basin to smell and flood in 2011.
The sudden floods associated with these storms caused 24 deaths in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee in April and May, according to the National Meteorological Service.
Hurricane Ike, 2008
Hurricane Ike hit the coast of the Gulf of Southeast Texas in September 2008, creating a marejada cyclonic up to 20 feet (6 meters) in the city of the island of Galveston.
Ike then poured more than 4 feet (1.2 meters) of rain in Houston, destroying thousands of cars and leaving hundreds of thousands of families with houses damaged by floods.
In total, IKE was responsible for more than 100 deaths, many caused by floods.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Hurricane Katrina is the most fatal flood event in the United States in the last 25 years.
The storm crashed into the Gulf coast and caused devastating floods when the dikes failed in New Orleans, where people had to be rescued in boat and helicopters from the roofs.
The most expensive storm in the history of the United States, Katrina caused almost 1,400 deaths and an estimated $ 200 billion in damage.
Tropical Storm Allison, 2001
Tropical Tropical Storm caused 41 deaths, attributed mainly to floods caused by 40 inches (101 centimeters) of rain that fell in Texas and Louisiana, Rots said.
Allison remained a threat for days since his remains were delayed after throwing land in June 2001, causing great floods in Houston.
