Postwar flood devastation reached record damage levels between 1950 and 1955

Evidence

But the climate of opinion had already begun to change. … In the early 1950s, the devastation from flooding reached alltime highs. In 1951, a series of floods in the midwest forced almost 90,000 people to evacuate their homes and caused 870 million in damages. In 1955, nearly 200 people died when floods struck the northeast, and damage to property totaled 750 million. For the five-year period from 1950 to 1955, the annual losses averaged $500 million. — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 686

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Floods cause more suffering and damage than any other U.S. natural disaster — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1795; Floodplain residential construction skyrocketed in postwar boom cities — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 682

Broader Connections

• Floodplain residential construction skyrocketed in postwar boom cities #expands (0.85) — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside, 682