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Allison's 12-day march leaves 35 dead, $1 billion plus in damage

Allison
A satellite photo of Tropical Storm Allison taken June 5  


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- For 12 days, the storm system that first moved ashore as Tropical Storm Allison has menaced the United States, sweeping from Texas across to Florida and then moving up the coast to New England.

Flooding, lightning and tornadoes associated with the storm system have claimed at least 35 lives and left at least 13 others injured.

Figures compiled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency confirm 20 deaths in Texas and one each in Louisiana and Mississippi. In addition, four people died in an explosion at an apartment complex in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday that appears to be related to the storm. And Florida emergency management officials have reported nine storm-related deaths.

Also in Texas, critically ill patients died after floodwaters knocked out power at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. However, hospital officials said those deaths could not be blamed on the storm.

Texas officials estimated that the storm has caused more than $1 billion in damage there. FEMA figures show $2 million to $4 million in damage in Georgia and $18 million in Florida.

FEMA is projecting that flood insurance claims from property owners in Texas and Louisiana will top $350 million, with about 20,000 claims in Texas and 5,000 claims in Louisiana.

National Weather Service figures show that Allison dumped 35.7 inches of rain at Greens Bayou in Harris County, Texas, near Houston, in a five-day period. The storm left nearly 21 inches of rain in Morgan City, Louisiana, and set a record for rainfall in a 24-hour period in Tallahassee, Florida -- 9.47 inches on June 11.

Allison was still packing enough power to dump about 9 inches of rain in parts of Pennsylvania Saturday night. The storm, which has moved into southern New England, is expected to move over the Atlantic Ocean on Monday





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