Flood can be categorized as flash floods, river floods, and coastal floods. The most lethal type of flooding is flash floods usually are usually contributed to by rainfall intensity and duration. Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused 1,833 deaths and the flooding from the storm is considered one of the deadliest floods in U.S. history.
Select major floods based on the number of fatalities in the U.S. as of 2018
* Fatalities for St. Francis Dam failure ranges between 400 and 600; over 2,000 fatalities for the South Carolina Sea Islands hurricane; and between 2,500 and 3,000 fatalities for the South Florida hurricane and flood.
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