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GLIDE Record
(1952 of 6487)
Event:
FL Flood
Number:
2016-000149
Country:
USA United States
Location:
TX
Date (YMD):
2016-4-17
Time:
Duration:
2
Magnitude:
Information Source:
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2018). https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/
Comments:
A period of extreme rainfall up to 17 inches created widespread urban flooding in Houston and surrounding suburbs. Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged and more than 1,800 high water rescues were conducted. This represents the most widespread flooding event to affect Houston since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
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