Record #:

5343

Author(s):

Blackwell, Ken

Abstract:

To many North Carolinians, the flood that followed Hurricane Floyd was \"the\" flood. However, there have been other floods, and the one in 1916 was one of the most devastating. Twenty-two inches of rain fell over the western mountains in twenty-four hours in July. Eighty people were killed, and property damages were almost $23 million.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 70 Issue 4, Sept 2002, p24-25, 27, il

Subject(s):

Floods--North Carolina, Western