Unprecedented rainfall has led to deadly flooding in Texas and Oklahoma over the weekend, prompting numerous evacuations and rescues and killing one firefighter
Heavy rains were pushing into eastern Texas and eastern Oklahoma on Sunday morning, after dumping between five and 10 inches across parts of central Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday and Saturday night. The latest downpours pushed Oklahoma City into record territory, with 18.19 inches of rain so far in the month of May
This not only makes May 2015 the wettest May on record, but also vaults the month to the top of the list of wettest months of all-time. This May handily beat the previous record-holder, which was June of 1989, when 14.66 inches fell — and the month is not over yet Read more...
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