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July 13

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1951: The Great Flood of 1951 reached its peak at 2 million acres (8096 km²) flooded in Kansas and Missouri.

2006: Tropical Storm Bilis made landfall on Taiwan. Bilis eventually caused 672 deaths and more than $4 billion in damage in the Philippines, Taiwan, and China, mostly due to flooding.

2010: Typhoon Conson struck the northern Philippines, killing more than 100 people.

2011: The Big Drift, a yearly snow drift blocking Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park with up to 80 feet (24 m) of snow, was finally cleared. This was the latest the road had ever opened due to weather, after an unusually snowy spring.