Driving and dying

Data compiled by Todd Shea, warning coordinator meteorologist for the National Weather Service in La Crosse, Wisconsin, shows that 595 Americans have died in floodwaters since 2011. A few fell into rivers or drowned while fishing on flooded waterways. And some children died playing too close to high water. But 61 percent of victims died in vehicles, often after driving around barriers or ignoring signs warning them to turn back.