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Flash Flood — Guilford, North Carolina
June 3, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Numerous streets were closed in downtown Greensboro with as many as 50 to 100 water rescues performed, mainly from stalled out vehicles. Multiple buildings were flooded, with at least 10 to 15 on the UNC-Greenbsoro Campus alone. In addition, as many as two dozen businesses and government buildings were also flooded. One fatality occurred when a woman lost control of a moped and went into a creek. A police officer rescued the woman, only to have her jump back into the creek in an attempt to recover her moped.
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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.