Flood Fatalities: April 1999 Monthly Total: 7 Vehicle Related: 2
| Day | State | County | Gender | Age | Circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | IL | Rock Island | Male | 39 | One flood-related fatality occurred in conjunction with the victim driving from "dry ground" into water covering the road. Victims car began floating and became lodged underneath a railroad viaduct, at which time the victim left his vehicle and was swept away. Police estimated water depth underneath railroad viaduct was 6-7 feet. |
| 3 | MO | Madison | Male | 12 | Madison County was hardest hit with a few locations receiving in excess of 7 inches of rain. A 12-year old boy died around 5 pm Saturday near Marquard in Madison County. He was found in waist-deep water in a sawmill. |
| 4 | TX | Polk | Female | 38 | Slow moving thunderstorms moved repeatedly across Polk County, Texas and dumped excessive rain. Between 10 and 12 inches of rain fell from Saturday afternoon, April 3 into Sunday morning, April 4. One observer reported almost three quarters of an inch of rain in 3 minutes. A 38 year old female drove into a low-water crossing between 1-2 AM Sunday and drowned |
| 14 | ND | Bottineau | Male | A USGS employee attempting to take flow measurements on the Souris River near Westhope, ND apparently drowned today. The Souris at Westhope is nearing it's spring crest | |
| 22 | MO | Platte | Male | 48 | 48 year old male recycling worker was trying to pick up trash that had fallen in the rushing waters of a 4-foot-deep drainage ditch near Weatherby Lake when he lost his balance and fell in. He was quickly sucked into a drainage pipe that ran underneath the 8000 block of Northwest Westside Drive and spilled into Weatherby Lake, |
| 24 | MI | Eaton | Male | Two male canoers are missing and presumed dead after being swept under State Street dam in Eaton Rapids, Eaton County, Michigan, Saturday, April 24, 1999. 2-3.5 inches of rain Wednesday-Friday, April 21-23, resulted in high flows which were turbulent near small, uncataloged dam. Witnesses saw canoers swept under dam, but bodies have not yet been found. | |
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