Flood Fatalities: August 1998        Monthly Total: 16   Vehicle Related:  4

Day State County Gender Age Circumstances
4 IL Will Male 6 Sucked into storm drain
6 WI Waukesha Male teenage Victims swept into drainage ditch and drowned
Male teenage
23 TX Real Male 20 Pickup truck with 18 Mexican immigrants was swept away as driver attempted to cross a stream filled with 4 feet of running water.
Female 16
Female 3
Male 2
23-24 TX Val Verde Male 37 Remnants of Hurricane Charley dropped 18-20 inches of rain in the Del Rio area.  Fatalities occurred as San Felipe Creek rose rapidly, literally washing victims from their homes.  Six persons remain unaccounted for as of mid-November 1998.
Female 52
Female 56
Female 67
Female 77
Male 71
Male 72
Male 74
Male 74