Flood Fatalities: October 1998        Monthly Total: 38   Vehicle Related: 31

Day State County Gender Age Circumstances
4 KS Johnson Male 27 Car swept into creek
4 KS Johnson Male 83 Car washed into drainage ditch and victim washed away as exiting vehicle
4 MO Jackson Female 43 Drove onto bridge and was stranded - victims were standing on car roof when washed into creek
Male 39
4 MO Jackson Male 8 Victim wandered near raging creek near back yard
4 MO Jackson Male 27 Drove onto bridge and was stranded - washed from top of car
4 MO Jackson Female 25 Drove onto bridge and was stranded - victims washed from top of car
Female 44
Male 19
Male 17
4 MO Buchanan Male 56 Car washed off road into creek
4 MO Jackson Female 57 Unknown - body found on tennis court
17-20 TX New Braunfels Male 6 Car stalled and swept away - rest of family escaped
17 TX Comal Male 80 Car swept away by high water from creek
17-20 TX Uvalde Male 24 Tried to cross flooded low water crossing near Frio River, 2 others swam to safety
17-20 TX Bexar Male 31 vehicle related
Female 30
17-20 TX Bexar Male 67 vehicle related
17-20 TX Bexar Male 37 commercial truck driver
17-20 TX Bexar Female 31 vehicle related
17-20 TX Bexar Female 79 vehicle related
17-20 TX Bexar Male 56 vehicle related
19 TX Caldwell Male 71 Bodies of husband and wife found in their flooded home
Female ?
17-20 TX ? Female 10 Found in a Suburban under 27 feet of water - vehicle washed off road
Male 7
17-20 TX Guadalupe Male 71 Body found 4 miles downstream from severely damaged home
20 TX ? Male 76 Vehicle swept off road by creek floodwaters
17-20 TX Guadalupe Male 22 Car washed off road - body found on guardrail
17-20 TX Guadalupe Male 75 Car washed off road by Guadalupe River - victim found inside pickup
17-20 TX Montgomery Female 38 Victim's car swept off bridge by creek's floodwaters
17-20 TX Travis Female 8 Swept from car by floodwaters
17-20 TX Bexar Female 65 Car swept off road
Male 47
Female 20
Female 2 mo
26 PR Eastern PR Female Adult Woman and 2 children washed away by rapid runoff from hillside - one child still missing
? child
4% 5% 18% 6% 4% 63%