“15 PERISH IN FLOODS
Tokyo (\P)—Fifteen persons were killed outright and many more believed drowned by heavy floods that inundated parts of central) Japan Saturday.
It was estimated that over a thousand houses were entirely of partly submerged by the sudden overflow of waters. Communication lines from the stricken district were destroyed. ‘The flood was caused by continued heavy rains in the past few days”
02 Aug 1930, Page 9 – The Capital Journal at Newspapers.com
“SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930,
*Floods in London Fill Basements Causing g Damage
Rainstorm Drives . 1,000 People From Homes — Five Feet Water.
LONDON.—A thousand people were flooded out of their basement homes in Notting Dale W, during the ‘violent ) thunderstorms which swept over London recently.
In all more than 220 houses were affected in Bangor street. Crescent Street, Sirdar street, and Hunt street. They were flooded to a depth in some cases of five feet.”
02 Aug 1930, Page 5 – The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com
Five states were over 110F, twenty-five were over 100F and forty states were over 90F.
KS 111, NE 110, OK 110, SD 110, TX 110
AR 108, MO 105, AZ 104, IN 104, IA 104, LA 104, MS 104, CA 103, IL 103, MN 103, AL 102, CO 102, ND 102, OH 102, VA 102, KY 101, MI 100, MT 100, NM 100, TN 100
PA 98, WV 98, WI 98, SC 97, WY 97, FL 96, GA 96, MD 96, NV 96, NY 96, ID 95, UT 94, NJ 92, NC 92, OR 92