Worst floods in America In 40 Years

Maryland -Reuters

Several U.S. states hit by floods caused by heavy rainfall. Flooding is the worst flooding in the period of nearly 40 years. Or rather after floods caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Agnes in 1972 ago.

Flooding in Virginia, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania was caused by heavy rain that fell continuously as a result of the remnants of tropical storm Lee, who several days ago struck the Gulf Coast region. More than 130 thousand people have been evacuated due to flooding.

According to local authorities as reported by The New York Times, Friday (9/9/2011), with the floods this means at least 11 people have died since the storm hit last week Lee. They are the four people killed by floods in central Pennsylvania, two people were killed in Northern Virginia, one person was killed in Maryland and four other people who were killed last week when storms Lee hit the southern U.S. region.

Some areas in Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania have a very high rainfall.

"Some areas that received rainfall amounts are very high," said meteorologist Bob Oravec from the National Weather Service in Camp Springs, Maryland.

Cities and towns along the Susquehanna River as the City of Binghamton, New York and the City of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is among the most severely hit by floods.

According to the National Weather Service, flood warnings are also in force in most of Massachusetts and Washington, DC

Source :Detiknews.com