Figures & data
Figure 1. Road inundation caused by flash floods in San Antonio. Courtesy of the City of San Antonio (used with permission). Available in colour online.
![Figure 1. Road inundation caused by flash floods in San Antonio. Courtesy of the City of San Antonio (used with permission). Available in colour online.](/cms/asset/5fcfa501-80a7-4054-8cde-3bc2e3b3ee2e/tgnh_a_615343_o_f0001g.jpg)
Figure 2. The Flash Flood Alley. Obtained from the Flood Safety Education Project http://www.floodsafety.com (used with permission). Available in colour online.
![Figure 2. The Flash Flood Alley. Obtained from the Flood Safety Education Project http://www.floodsafety.com (used with permission). Available in colour online.](/cms/asset/27b4884a-d4fc-4449-8a1c-26fd65fe0c65/tgnh_a_615343_o_f0002g.jpg)
Table 1. The five states with the highest numbers of total flood fatalities, 1959–2009.
Table 2. Flood fatalities classified by flood type.
Table 3. Number of motor vehicle-related flood fatalities classified by age. The age is not provided in Storm Data for 149 fatalities.
Table 4. Number of flash flood fatalities classified by activity/location. The activity/location is not provided in Storm Data for 144 fatalities.
Figure 3. Motor vehicle-related flash flood fatalities in Texas from 1959 to 2009. Available in colour online.
![Figure 3. Motor vehicle-related flash flood fatalities in Texas from 1959 to 2009. Available in colour online.](/cms/asset/acadd357-c7d3-4f5a-b20a-4d6d199bda98/tgnh_a_615343_o_f0003g.gif)
Figure 4. Motor vehicle-related flash flood fatalities in Texas and mean precipitation in the Flash Flood Alley region by month. Available in colour online.
![Figure 4. Motor vehicle-related flash flood fatalities in Texas and mean precipitation in the Flash Flood Alley region by month. Available in colour online.](/cms/asset/6d986372-3009-4d8c-b597-41319cc69f1e/tgnh_a_615343_o_f0004g.gif)
Table 5. Texas counties with the highest numbers of vehicle fatalities caused by flash floods.
Figure 5. Map of motor vehicle-related flash flood fatalities by Texas county. Available in colour online.
![Figure 5. Map of motor vehicle-related flash flood fatalities by Texas county. Available in colour online.](/cms/asset/9aefe8e2-b678-477b-880b-881f584654e1/tgnh_a_615343_o_f0005g.jpg)
Table 6. Number of motor vehicle fatalities caused by flash floods classified by time of occurrence. The time is not provided in Storm Data for 45 fatalities.
Figure 6. Map of some of the low water crossings in San Antonio. Courtesy of the City of San Antonio (used with permission). Available in colour online.
![Figure 6. Map of some of the low water crossings in San Antonio. Courtesy of the City of San Antonio (used with permission). Available in colour online.](/cms/asset/30cb2572-8ac9-4cf1-b25c-0645463d00e7/tgnh_a_615343_o_f0006g.jpg)