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Flash FloodHamilton, Ohio

July 17, 2001 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$3.6M
Area
Hamilton

Event narrative (NOAA)

389 dwellings sustained damage due to flooding. Several businesses were flooded along Mill Creek in Sharonville. Two people, a young woman, 21, and her father, 48, died in their flooded basement in Fairfax, when Little Duck Creek flooded in their neighborhood. A young woman, 16, was swept away while attempting to escape a vehicle which had become trapped in high water on a bridge. Total estimate of public assistance is 3,565,315.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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