Floods
  • Mississippi River The great Mississippi River flood of 2011, caused by 300 percent of normal rainfall, surged from the confluence of the Ohio River south to the Delta in Louisiana, causing $3-4 billion in damage.
  • Great Mississippi River flood of 2011 near Memphis. Great Mississippi River flood of 2011 near Memphis. The river was above or nearly as high as the historic 1937 and 1927 floods and one of a series of “500 year floods” recurring since 1993.
  • Trailer parks and businesses in North Memphis Trailer parks and businesses in North Memphis flooded by the Great Mississippi River flood of 2011, caused by 300 percent rainfall in Ohio River Valley.
  • Trailer Park, North Memphis Trailer park, home to low income workers and families, flooded out in North Memphis by the Great Mississippi River Flood of 2011, caused by record rainfall.
  • Oregpm coast Heavy snowfall followed by record warm rains in the Oregon Coast Range created the huge flood of 1996 across northwestern Oregon. Damage exceeded 50 million in the agricultural communities, in this type of weather expected to increase under warming climate.
  • St. Vrain Creek, Lyons, Colorados Cars, trucks and house parts racked up against cottonwood trees by the severe flooding of St. Vrain Creek, Lyons, Colorado after record rains hit the Front Range in 2013. Estes Park, Thompson Canyon, and the city of Boulder were also hard hit.
  • Gurnee, Illinois Flooding DesPlains River (check spelling), five feet over flood stage, inundates Gurnee, Illinois, just north of Chicago, after up to 7 inches of rain fell in Northern Illinois and So. Wisconsin last week. Wed May 26 2004, 10 am.
  • Gurnee, Illinois Flooding DesPlains River (check spelling), five feet over flood stage, inundates Gurnee, Illinois, just north of Chicago, after up to 7 inches of rain fell in Northern Illinois and So. Wisconsin last week. Wed May 26 2004, 10 am.
  • Kenya More than 5,000 people were run out of homes and neighborhoods of the riverside suburb of Mororo on the Tana River in Garissa, Kenya, during a flash flood in November 1996.
  • Kenya Families in the riverside suburb of Mororo on the Tana River in Garissa, Kenya, salvage belongings during a flash flood in November 1996. 50-year rains came on heels of devastating drought in northern Kenya and Somalia.