Overall Green alert Flood for United States
in United States

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Flood United States can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1100855
Death: 0
Displaced: 250
Countries: United States
From - To 27 Apr - 03 May

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Southern USA, Late April 2021Severe weather including flooding rain, large hail, strong winds and tornadoes affected parts of southern late 27 April 2021. Several tornadoes were reported in Colorado, Texas and Oklahoma. Missouri Flooding was reported in Branson in Missouri where several motorists had to be rescued. Flooding also prompted the evacuation of around 150 people from campsites at Roaring River State Park in Missouri. Arkansas Flooding in was reported in Springdale and Bentonville, Arkansas. Springdale Fire crews were called to 7 instances of vehicles trapped in water, including a school bus, but no injuries were reported. Several roads in Benton County were blocked and a school bus slid into a ditch . No injuries were reported. Texas The Abilene Police Department said teams responded to five minor crashes and additional reports of stranded motorists. Further stormy weather from 30 April caused flooding in San Augustine, Trinity and Angelina Counties. 9 people were rescued from vehicles on flooded roads in San Antonio on 01 May.Mon 3 May 2021FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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Articles: 120 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Flood Threats Persist as Storms Continue to Drench the SouthThu, 06 May 2021 18:44:00 +0200.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Relentless wind and rain keeps pummeling much of the southeastern United States, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama and damaging homes from Texas to Virginia. The storms have prompted boa
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Stellantis CFO: Chip shortage impact remains 'controlled'Thu, 06 May 2021 15:19:00 +0200.

Ongoing cleanup and recovery efforts from severe storms throughout the southern United States were disrupted from a new round of thunderstorms on Tuesday. The Carolinas to Louisiana and portions of northeastern Texas were on watch into Tues
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Venture Construction Group of Florida Provides Extensive Property Dama ... Thu, 06 May 2021 11:29:00 +0200.

, an accredited local leader in storm damage repairs and restoration, provides free property and roof inspections to property owners throughout Flagler County. A hailstorm on April 18 brought destructive 60 mph wind gusts and quarter to hal
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Flood threats persist as storms continue to drench the SouthThu, 06 May 2021 03:35:00 +0200.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Relentless wind and rain keeps pummeling much of the southeastern United States, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama and damaging homes from Texas to Virginia. The storms have prompted boat
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), WMO (1), INFORM (2),