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Weather forecasters stated that the flooding was caused due to a cutoff low pressure system, which is often known to cause severe storms. [3] The South African weather service later revealed that 165mm of rain fell over the city on 22 April 2019, breaking the previous record of 108mm that fell on October 10, 2017. [4]
It is one of the deadliest disasters in the country in the 21st century, and the deadliest storm since the 1987 floods. [3] [4] The floods have caused more than R17 billion (US$1.57 billion) in infrastructure damage. [2] A national state of disaster was declared. [5]
September 11, 1998 – Tropical Storm Frances makes landfall north of Corpus Christi on September 11 as a moderately strong tropical storm. Rainfall causes large amounts of flooding in southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, peaking at 21.76 in (553 mm) in Goose Creek. [19] As a result of the rains, many rivers and bayous overflow. [74]
Heavy rains and flooding have killed at least 306 people in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, including the city of Durban, and more rainstorms are forecast in the coming days.
Paramedics carry a person on a stretcher on the Bay of Plenty Beach in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. South Africa’s coastal city of Durban has closed its North Beach after three ...
The station was originally launched on June 20, 1954, as KVDO-TV, broadcasting on channel 22 as the Corpus Christi market's first television station. [2] Owned by Coastal Bend Television, KVDO was a primary affiliate of the DuMont network, [3] but carried secondary affiliations with NBC until KRIS-TV took the air in May 1956, CBS until KZTV signed on in September 1956, [4] and ABC. [5]
A history of flooding Derna is prone to flooding, and its dam reservoirs have caused at least five deadly floods since 1942, the latest of which was in 2011, according to a research paper ...
The storm lasted roughly a day over land before becoming unidentifiable after being active for just under 48 hours. After dissipating, the storm caused a severe flooding disaster in Texas. Amelia affected the Texas coast for two days which caused several shipping incidents and minor damage in Corpus Christi and South Padre Island. While active ...