Floods

Tropical Storm Allison (2001): Tropical Storm Allison made landfall twice in June 2001 and created record flooding in Houston and parts of Louisiana. Courtesy of Southeast Regional Climate Center
Flooding in the Central Valley of California 850 mb Relative Humidity 29 December 1996 through 4 January 1997: High values of relative humidity (red) persist through the period just prior to major flooding of the Central Valley of California. Note the trail of high relative humidity extending from the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii eastward all the way to the California coast. Data courtesy of NCEP

Related Web Sites
Dartmouth Flood Observatory	Learn more about detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing
Hydrologic Prediction Center	Monitor the current state and the forecast of flooding across the United States
Interactive Weather Network	Monitor all watches and warning from across the U.S. from the National Weather Service
Societal Aspects of Weather	Learn more about the societal aspects of flooding
Fact Sheet on Flooding from FEMA	Learn what to do before, during, and after a flood.