There were no direct effects Influence of the earthquake Catastrophe 's shaking Motion due to its low intensity , and the large loss Damaging of life from the event was due Causation to the resulting Causation tsunami Catastrophe , which inundated Destroying a portion of the Java coast that had been unaffected Causation by the earlier 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Catastrophe and tsunami Catastrophe that was off the coast of Sumatra .

A number of roads were inundated Destroying and several water rescues Rescuing were required Imposing_obligation in Alice and San Antonio .

In Oklahoma , numerous roads were also inundated Destroying by water .

Strong winds and heavy rainfall Motion inundated Filling streets , residences , and fields , and also toppled Destroying chimneys , fences , and cracked Destroying windows across the region .

Strong waves caused Causation several offshore shipping incidents Catastrophe , and storm Catastrophe surge inundated Damaging areas of the Texas coast , though damage Damaging in Galveston was mostly mitigated Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the Galveston Seawall .

In a single town , between 2,000 and 5,000 people were killed Killing overnight after a massive flood Motion inundated Destroying the area .

In Buxton , the floods left GiveUp behind water marks Recording as high as , and the entire villages of Avon and Hatteras were inundated Filling .

The Canadian Red Cross and disaster relief agencies in Edmonton were inundated Filling with donations—enough that they asked Request people to no longer make donations Giving directly at the evacuation centres .

Port Lavaca , Texas was inundated by a 15 ft ( 4.6 m ) storm Catastrophe surge , which at the time was the third highest ever recorded in the state .

In Louisiana , Rita 's storm surge inundated Motion low-lying communities along the entire coast , worsening effects caused Causation by Hurricane Katrina less than a month prior , such as topping the hurriedly-repaired Katrina-damaged levees at New Orleans .

Excessive rainfall associated Collaboration with the storm triggered Causation flooding that washed Removing away highways and inundated Destroying about 40,500 hectares ( 100,000 acres ) of farmland .

Sixteen of Thailand 's 73 provinces were inundated Destroying due to the storm .

A few days later , thousands of houses in Ipswich and Brisbane were inundated Destroying as the Brisbane River rose and Wivenhoe Dam used a considerable proportion of its flood mitigation capacity .

In October floodwaters reached Arriving the mouth of the Chao Phraya and inundated Filling parts of the capital city of Bangkok .

Most of this was due to the manufacturing industry , as seven major industrial estates were inundated Filling in water as much 3 meters ( 10 feet ) deep during the floods Catastrophe .

Agricultural land was flooded Filling in Almirante , Bocas del Toro and streets became Becoming inundated Motion in low-lying areas of Puerto Armuelles , Chiriquí .

Numerous streets were inundated Filling in Golfito .

In the former , high tides inundated Filling homes and buildings with of water in two small villages on the Outer Banks and flooded Motion a highway to Manteo .

A total of 8,627 homes were destroyed Destroying by the storm 's effects Influence , with another 46,561 inundated Motion by floodwater .

Cyclone Clotilda was a destructive Destroying tropical cyclone that inundated Motion Réunion in February 1987 .

several hundred homes were inundated Destroying by the flood Catastrophe in fairbanks , unk , unincorporated fairbanks north star borough , nenana , and smaller villages , but due to early warnings Warning from the national weather service , volunteer fire departments , and the borough 's emergency contact system , no one was injured Bodily_harm .

Some areas of the city were also inundated Destroying with up to of water due to storm Catastrophe tide .

In New Orleans , overflowing levees inundated Destroying numerous streets .

In Matagorda , storm Catastrophe surge Motion_directional peaking at inundated Motion the city and damaged Damaging many others .

An additional 587 homes were inundated Motion after the Black Creek overflowed Motion in Clay County .

Routes 19 and 98 were also inundated Motion by coastal flooding Motion .

Offshore of Mississippi , rough seas inundated Motion Horn Island and split Destroying Ship Island .

In Atlantic Canada , a strong storm Catastrophe surge peaking Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale at 4 ft ( 1.3 m ) above average sunk Bodily_harm or damaged Bodily_harm several ships and inundated cities .

Some 700 houses were completely inundated Destroying by floods in eastern and western Japan and about 9,500 households in nine prefectures across the nation suffered Bodily_harm power outages .

Heavy rainfall damaged Damaging many unharvested crops and inundated Destroying numerous roads and bridges , isolating some communities for several days .

Betsy 's strong storm surge inundated Destroying large portions of the Florida Keys , flooding streets and causing Causation widespread damage .