American Samoa, 2001Flood in American Samoa, November 10, 2001
November 10, 2001 · NWS ASO · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Flood, Tutuila
- When
- November 10, 10:00 PM SST to 11:45 PM SST
- Where
- Tutuila County, Countywide
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
An upper level trough of low pressure moving over the territory from the north dump heavy showers over Tutuila causing flooding of low lying areas and overflow of steams. The heavy showers and runoffs plus saturated grounds caused mud and land slides at Poloa and at Avau Point.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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