Saturday, December 5, 2015

Robert Wirt- 24 year record rain in Texas

Link: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/11/28/rain-ice-coat-parts-of-texas-oklahoma-and-arkansas/76491054/

Fourteen deaths occurred over Thanksgiving Weekend in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
8 Deaths in North Texas from floods. This broke a 24 year record. Six other fatalities happened due to ice storms causing car accidents in Oklahoma and Kansas.
"Rainfall totals for Texas surpassed a 24-year record set at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, reaching well over 4 1/2-feet, or 55.91 inches, for the year. The 1991 record was 53.54 inches."
"Weather experts have predicted a wet year across the country because of a strong El Niño, a periodic warming of tropical Pacific Ocean water that affects weather around the world."

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