EXTREME WEATHER & CLIMATIC EVENTS
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EXTREME RAIN EVENT
HISTORIC FLOODING
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Extreme Rain Event and Historic Flooding Submerge City in Florida Panhandle
A slow-moving storm system, responsible for dozens of deaths and more than 100 tornadoes in Central, South and Eastern U.S., dumped 21.4 inches of rain in a 23-hour period on Pensacola, Fla., killing at least one person, washing away bridges and destroying many miles of highways and roads across the region.
A second, unconfirmed fatality was also reported as a result of flooding.
Multiple incidents of major flooding were reported in Alabama, North Carolina and other parts of Florida.
The system had also dumped about 21 inches of rain on Gulf Shores, Alabama, by early Wednesday.
Up to 3,000 lightning strikes per hour were recorded in central Florida. Lightning was also blamed for multiple bushfires in Volusia County on Tuesday.
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