Flood People Caused Occurred U.S Flooding Causing And/Or

Most people are "familiar with" (have seen) images from the "horrific" (terrible; awful) flooding caused in and around New Orleans, Louisiana by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But there have been many other large, "devastating" (causing a lot of damage and/or death) floods in the United States. These major floods have been devastating for communities in terms of "property loss" (destroyed buildings and farms) and deaths.

The "deadliest" (causing the greatest number of deaths) flood in U.S. history, "excluding" (not including; not considering) floods caused by "hurricanes" (a storm that moves over water with very fast winds) was the Johnstown Flood. It "occurred" (happened) on May 31st, 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Heavy rain "led to" (caused) the "collapse" (when a building falls apart and falls down) of a "dam" (a large structure built to hold back the water in a river), killing 2,200 people.

The second-deadliest non-hurricane flood occurred in January and February, 1937; 1,100 people died and 75,000 homes were "destroyed" (ruined) when the Mississippi River "overflowed" (water went over the top of whatever was holding it) its "banks" (the dirt sides of a river).

The third-deadliest flood occurred in March, 1913, when the Ohio River flooded, killing 700 people. The government responded by creating the nation's first "flood control programs" (programs designed to control and prevent flooding, often by building dams and/or controlling where people can build things).

Finally, the fourth-deadliest flood occurred in Santa Paula, California on March 12th, 1928. Flooding caused the St. Francis Dam to collapse and 450 people died as a result.