Yeah, lots of drownings. Very sad. Probably few of them ever expected the water to be so high or swift in their neighborhood. I wouldn't be surprised if none of them had ever seen flooding in their neighborhood before, no matter how long they have lived there.

The past ten years, including the 3/11 quake in Japan, has reinforced in me that historical records are not upper limits on how bad things can get or how often they can happen. Especially with events weather-related, once-a-century events seem to happen with increasing frequency nowadays.