The most active Atlantic Storm Season on record, saw flooding in several states across the U.S.1
Hurricane Sally2:
30 inches of rain in Orange Beach, Alabama and another 24 inches in Pensacola, Florida in a 72-hour period
In nine locations throughout both states rivers were above Moderate Flood Stage and the Shoal River in Florida reached 16.42ft. 15ft is deemed the Major Flood Stage
Sources: 1. https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/record-breaking-atlantic-hurricane-season-draws-to-end 2. http://floodlist.com/america/usa/usa-floods-alabama-florida-hurricane-sally-september-2020
Hurricane Beta3:
Broke records for the amount of daily rainfall in areas of Houston
The City of Houston received 3.58inches of rain breaking the previous record of 3.15inches
Houston-Hobby received 7.32inches of rain shattering the old record of 3.86inches
Hurricane Delta4:
Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana received 17.5inches of rain in a 48 hour period
Sources: 3. http://floodlist.com/america/usa/storm-beta-floods-texas-september-2020 4. http://floodlist.com/america/usa/usa-hurricane-delta-floods-louisiana-georgia-october-2020
Significant impacts resulted when Storm Ciara swept through Ireland, the UK and several other countries in February. The storm broke records in the UK:
The wettest February on record for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the second wettest for Scotland1
The equivalent of 1.5 months of rainfall in 24 hours2
Estimated damages of $2.7b3
Sources: 1. https://eciu.net/analysis/briefings/climate-impacts/flood-risk-and-the-uk 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51439152 3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55416013