From the AEGIS e-Journal, Volume 14 Number 2, February 2011
Insurance Claims
There are several forecasts predicting severe flooding for the central Midwest and east. The snow has fallen and has not melted, thus no gradual dispersion of water. All prediction are for an early spring and a rapid melt off of the winter snows. Floods are the deadliest weather phenomena in the U.S. — claiming an average of 100 lives annually. Many of these deaths occur in automobiles and are preventable. If confronted with a water‐covered road on foot or in an automobile, play it safe. Floods are also the most disruptive for business continuity issues.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2010/20100316_springoutlook.html
http://water.weather.gov/ahps/index.php?stage=2
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