Dallas-Ft. Worth Area Hit By “1000-Year Flood” [VIDEO]

August 22, 2022 Climate Change, Weather

The Associated Press reports:

Flash floods struck the Dallas-Fort Worth area overnight into Monday, with flooded roads requiring rescue efforts as images showed abandoned cars floating down inundated streets. In some areas, the rainfall totals would be considered a 1-in-1,000-year flood.

Rain continues to fall in and around Dallas; some rainfall gauges in the area have recorded more than 10 inches thus far. A record-breaking 3.01 inches of rain was also recorded in one hour at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

The National Weather Service in Fort Worth warned of continued risk for “life-threatening flash flooding,” extending its flash flood warning in and around Dallas County until 10 a.m. Central time.

CNN reports:



More flash flooding threatens the Dallas area after cars and trucks were inundated early Monday by sudden, climate crisis-fueled storms that stunned parts of Texas afflicted this summer by “flash drought.” Flash flood warnings for Dallas and Tarrant counties have been upgraded to reflect a “considerable” threat and extended to 1 p.m. CT (2 p.m. ET), the National Weather Service said.

Over 4 million Texans in Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington are covered by the warnings, which call for imminent and ongoing urgent action to protect lives and property. Nearly 15 million people from northeastern Texas into northern Louisiana and far southern Arkansas are covered by flood watches from the same system that unleashed heavy rain and flash floods this weekend in parts of the Southwest.

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