Obituaries
August 30, 2017 Houston, Texas
chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Houston-Police-officer-drowns-in-Harvey
"a 34-year-veteran of the Houston Police Department drowned in his car in [Hurricane] Harvey floodwaters."
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July 28, 2018 Redding, California
"Husband mourns loving wife, great-grandkids who died in Carr Fire."
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July 12, 2019 Douglass Township, Pennsylvania
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pregnant-mom-8-year-old-son-found-dead
"A pregnant mother and her son were found dead in their car on Thursday night amid ... flooding."
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January 24, 2020 New South Wales, Australia
cnn.com/2020/01/23/us/american-firefighters-killed-australia
“Three Americans who died fighting an Australian bushfire ... have been identified by their employer.”
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June 26, 2021 Saint Paul, Oregon
apnews.com/article/canada-lifestyle-heat-waves-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-
The farmworker "collapsed ... as a heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest in all-time, record-high temperatures."
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August 21, 2021 Humphreys County, Tennessee
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/twin-babies-were-swept-away-tennessee-floods-killed-least-22
"The 7-month-old twins who died in catastrophic flooding in Tennessee ... were 'swept away'."
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June 25, 2022 Pasadena, California
abc11.com/california-ups-driver-dies-signs-of-heatstroke-esteban-chavez-heat-related-deaths
"a UPS driver in Southern California ... died from heatstroke after finishing his last delivery."
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July 15, 2022 Hardin, Montana
krtv.com/news/accident-crash/update-6-dead-several-injured-in-i-90-multi-vehicle-crash
"Six people died - two of them children ... The cause [was] a sudden and intense ... dust storm."
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January 9, 2023 San Luis Obispo County, California
nytimes.com/2023/01/10/us/missing-5-year-old-california-floods
"Kyle’s mother took him out of his car seat ... but lost hold of her son in the coursing stream."
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August 11, 2023 Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/us/victims-survivors-maui-wildfire-stories/index.html
"We left those animals ... My heart is destroyed." "I told them, ‘You’ll never have to worry when you’re with me'."
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October 1, 2024. Erwin, Tennessee
usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/01/tennessee-workers-swept-away-helene-floodwaters
"As the waters rose outside, managers wouldn’t let employees leave."
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October 13, 2024 Buncombe County, North Carolina
citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2024/10/13/buncombe-county-students-killed-by-helene
"Second and third graders ... 'a big wave came and swept them all into the Toe River'.”
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January 8, 2025 Los Angeles County, California
bbc.com/news/articles/cdxe6lzvx9wo
A "retired salesman / amputee." His daughter got a call from him. "He said, 'the fire's in the yard'."
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July 4, 2025 Kerrville, Texas. "Throw me the baby!"
"23 campers from an all-girls summer camp were unaccounted for Friday after floods tore through."