June 2007 Texas flooding

June 2007 Texas flooding

In June 2007, repeated flooding took place in the U.S. state of Texas. The flooding caused 11 deaths. [ [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FLOODING?SITE=VTBUR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Associated Press - Rain Continues to Plague Flooded Texas] ] This was mainly due to a tropical rain belt that went too far up north [ [http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005JD005763.shtml Diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation in Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite and ocean buoy rain gauge data ] ] .

Marble Falls received convert|18|in|mm of rain in a matter of hours. [ [http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=186974 News 8 Austin - Numerous rescues as Hill Country deluged by rain] ] KXAN's meteorologist Jim Spencer provided over 5 hours of live on-air coverage and interaction for the Marble Falls specific storm.

References

External links

* [http://www.kxan.com/Global/Link.asp?L=252150 Summer Flood '07 Photo Gallery - KXAN]
* [http://home.kxan.com/weather/SummerFlood07OPhotoGallery2/SummerFlood07Album2/index.html Summer Flood '07 Photo Gallery 2 - KXAN]
* [http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/062807kvuefloodthurs2-cb.231b6c9d.html Lake levels on the rise across Central Texas - KVUE]
* [http://keyetv.com/topstories/local_story_179171107.html Marble Falls Residents Begin Cleanup - KEYE]
* [http://www.myfoxaustin.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_gallery.jsp?contentId=3613333&version=1&locale=EN-US Weather Damage Photo Gallery - KTBC]
* [http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=187032 National Guard on the move in flooding response - News 8 Austin]
* [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/4926884.html Saturated Central Texas gets more rain - Houston Chronicle]
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19458181/ No relief expected from Texas, Oklahoma rain - MSNBC]
* [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FLOODING?SITE=CAANG&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Rain Continues to Plague Flooded Texas - Associated Press]


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