Flood Fatalities: September 2008        Monthly Total: 18   Vehicle Related: 6

Day State County Gender Age Circumstances
1 PR Northeast F 22 Group of hikers overtaken by flash flood, 2 swept away and drowned
M 25
6 CT Fairfield M 48 Homeless man swept away into flooded river from his home under a bridge
6 SC Georgetown M 20 Man drove into flooded drainage ditch and drowned while attempting to exit the vehicle
10 UT Garfield M 60 Flash flood in slot canyon swept 2 persons away
F 60
12 KS Sedgwick M 64 Stalled motorist attempted to leave vehicle and swept away 
13 KS Sumner M 47 Volunteer firefighter with others worked to rescue teens stranded as rafting down flooded river.  Lost his balance and was swept down river and drowned
13 IL Cook M 28 Attempted to swim across flooded retention basin and drowned
13 IL Cook M 83 Elderly man fell head first into a flooded window well and drowned as he was trying to clear a plugged drain in the well.
13 MO Boone F 20 Woman attempted to help a motorist swept off road into a creek - against advice of a friend. She was swept away by flood waters.
14 IN Porter M 48 Men sucked into culvert while attempting to rescue a boy - the men drowned but the boy survived.
M 78
14 MO St. Louis F 64 Drowned while trying to move their vehicles away from rising flood waters
M 81
21 PR Southeast M 44 Victim swept under vehicle by flooded river currents and drowned
21 PR Eastern Interior M 52 Motorist swept away while attempting to cross flooded bridge.
23 PR Ponce and Vicinity M 29 Victim swept off low bridge as he attempted to cross it on foot