According to the Meteorological Service of the United States, floods have caused an average of 125 deaths in the United States over the last several years, and floods are the leading cause of deaths linked to torture in the nation.
And last, a look at some of the deadliest floods to hit the country in the last 25 years.
Texas in July 2025
Authorities are currently assessing the fatalities from the powerful floods that caused devastating floods in Texas, leaving at least 79 people dead and numerous others missing while distraught parents were looking for information about their daughters that had not been located in a campamento near the R or Guadalupe.
In order to find victims and rescue people trapped in rboles and in camps isolated by destroyed roads, the rescatistas used helicopters, drones, and botes.
Helene and Hurac, 2024
In September 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia. According to the National Meteorological Service, torture results in about 250 deaths.
Many of the people who died in Helene were victims of massive internal flooding rather than strong winds. Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Helene has become the most deadly hurricane to hit the continental United States.
Millions of people in the Apalaches are left without electricity, cell phone service, or suministros as a result of the suffering. According to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, Helene was the sole cause of 108 deaths in North Carolina.
2022 in Kentucky
According to Tyler Roys, the senior meteor logo designer at AccuWeather, 45 people were killed by the wild horses in the eastern part of Kentucky around the end of July 2022.
In addition to destroying homes and businesses, the floods caused significant damage to schools, roads, water systems, and fountains. Numerous families of all its possessions were devastated.
Tennessee in 2021
In August of 2021, twenty people died when the rivers near the little Tennessee city of Waverly flooded after more than forty-three cent metros (17 pulgadas) of rain fell on the area in less than twenty-four hours.
Houses were evicted from their homes, vehicles were seized, and businesses were destroyed. Gemelos bebs that were arrancados from their father’s brazos were found among the deceased.
Harvey and Hurac (2017)
Hurricane Harvey struck Texas in August 2017 as a powerful tormentor of category 4. Harvey persisted while moving ashore, dumping several metros of rain in numerous communities along the Gulf Coast including the Houston area.
According to a report from the Centro Nacional de Huracanes, Harvey killed at least 68 people. At least three of Harvey’s deaths were directly attributed to floods of sweet water, which destroyed over 300,000 buildings and caused an estimated 125,000 million lares in damage.
June 2016, Virginia Occidental
A pain that at first glance doesn’t seem like much turns into a cataclysm in Virginia Occidental, ensnaring dozens of people during the night and ultimately leaving 23 people dead throughout the entire state.
Sandy Supertormenta, 2012
Superstorm Sandy was an additional combination of Hurricane Sandy and other storms that hit New York and surrounding areas in October 2012.
According to the Center National de Huracanes, Sandy affects 147 people, 72 of whom are in the United States. According to Roys, ahogamientos were responsible for more than 110 deaths.
Mississippi River, 2011
Strong rains in several states, together with a more severe drought than usual, caused the roos in the Mississippi River basin to sag and inundate in 2011.
According to the National Meteorological Service, 24 people died in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee in April and May as a result of the severe floods linked to these tragedies.
Ike and Hurac (2008)
In September 2008, Hurricane Ike devastated the southern Texas coast, causing a six-mile (20-foot) cyclic storm to hit the city of Galveston.
Overall, the torture resulted in over 29.000 million deaths and was the cause of over 100 deaths, many of which were brought on by flooding.
Katrina and Hurac, 2005
The most deadly flood to hit the United States in the last 25 years was Hurricane Katrina.
When the diques fell in New Orleans, the tormenta azot the Costa del Golfo and caused devastating floods, forcing people to be rescued by helicopter and boat from the tejados.
Katrina, the most devastating disaster in American history, is thought to have killed almost 1,400 people and left an estimated 200,000 million dead.
Allison, Tormenta tropical, 2001
According to Roys, inundations caused by 101 centimeters (40 pulgadas) of rainfall in Texas and Louisiana were the main cause of the 41 fatalities caused by Tropical Storm Allison.
Allison continued to pose a threat while his remnants remained after striking land in June 2001, causing significant flooding in Houston.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor using a tool for artificial intelligence generation.
