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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2007
Page
3
Heavy rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Camille around August 20 1968 caused extensive flooding in the upper James River Basin Virginia. The disaster killed 151 people and inflicted about 100 million dollars in damage.
Severe storms dropped up to a foot of rain across the upper Midwest washing away bridges and roads and killing at least four people in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In Winona two people died in their vehicles near Stockton and two near Witoka, authorities said. Floodwaters opened a 30 foot gully where the road used to be as evacuations spread through Winona and surrounding communities.
In the Southeast and Midwest a two week heat wave has killed at least 44 people. In Tennessee Memphis reported two more heat related deaths raising the state's total to 13. The hot spell brought temperatures near 100 with nine straight days above 100.
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