5 times heavy rains flooded U.S. cities in 2015

The United States has been no stranger to extreme weather in 2015.

From the snowstorms that hit the east coast in January to the long-lasting California drought, the meteorologists at the National Weather Service have had their hands full monitoring severe climate nationwide. These are a few instances in which heavy rains and hurricanes gave way to floods in 2015.

Nearly two dozen people died in Texas and Oklahoma due to a historic flooding in the Midwest in late May. Severe weather conditions devastated more than 4,000 properties in Houston according to reports.

Hours of steady rain as Tropical Storm Bill passed across central United States killed two people in Oklahoma, and caused floods in St. Louis and the neighboring area over the summer.

Hurricane Joaquin's dense rainfall prompted flash flood warnings from Atlanta to near New York City in early October. At one point 16 inches of rain fell near Little River, S.C., overnight, setting a new 24-hour rainfall record for the state.

At least three people died and more than 50,000 homes were without power after heavy rains hit North Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas in late November.

Following a tornado rampage in Texas, a storm system hit Missouri and Kansas leaving up to 13 dead in Missouri and causing the Mississippi River to be nearly seven feet above flood stage in late December.