Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$50K
Area
Pickens
Event narrative (NOAA)
Heavy rainfall produced flooding at several locations across Pickens County. At least 5 roads were closed due to high water, and 2 bridges were washed out. Flash flooding caused a bridge to wash out on Antioch Chuch Road, over Buncomb Creek. A mother and child subsequently drove off the washed out roadway, and drowned in the flood waters. A second vehicle following behind also drove into the creek at the same place, but the occupants were successfully rescued.
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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.