Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2023 Desert Southwest floods

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The result was merge‎ to Floods in the United States (2000–present). Delete !voters primarily expressed concerns regarding notability, which are also resolved with a merge & redirect. Feel free to proceed per this. (non-admin closure) Actualcpscm (talk) 18:16, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

2023 Desert Southwest floods[edit]

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Fairly WP:ROUTINE summer flooding events that are commonplace around the country each year. Although supposedly "historic", many similar "historic" flooding events that occur have no articles here. This appeared to have fairly minor impact and seemingly resulted in no casualties. It would seemingly fail WP:N as routine weather is not generally deemed article-worthy. United States Man (talk) 06:52, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless additional content is found that shows notability.

Noah^Talk 13:36, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, also WP:TOOSOON and WP:NOTNEWS. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WeirdNAnnoyed (talk • contribs) 14:10, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep — Passes WP:N with over half the sources listed (5 out of 9) being reliable secondary sources. This also would imply WP:NOTNEWS is passes as well. WP:TOOSOON is very irrelevant since the article was created a month after the floods ended. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 14:59, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and Texas. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 18:38, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Weather of 2023. Flash floods aren't out of the ordinary in a desert as the absence of vegetation gives rise to soils with low infiltration capacities, and it's not uncommon for an arid or semi-arid area to receive most of its annual rainfall in a few days of rain. It's not very surprising either when a playa (a dry lake bed) fills with water and floods. With damage localised to mainly Amarillo and no reports of casualties or major damage (200 homes destroyed out of a population of 200,000) after a month, I don't see enough lasting significance for a standalone article. ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 08:17, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Would also support merging to Floods in the United States (2000–present) as brought up by the IP below. ~ KN2731 {talk · contribs} 07:44, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – Per reasons stated by others above, I don't see major notability in this event. "200 people being evacuated" in a city of 200,000 and "several houses being destroyed" aren't notable and are fairly routine events. RandomInfinity17 (talk - contributions) 21:36, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Floods in the United States (2000-present): Not notable enough for a standalone article but seemingly notable enough for a blurb there. 72.68.134.26 (talk) 22:11, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 14:40, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Floods in the United States (2000-present). Sources don't seem to pass WP:NEVENT for now but there's enough coverage for a mention in the broader article. Qwaiiplayer (talk) 17:35, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per Qwaiiplayer, unless another better destination is needed. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 22:17, 31 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Message left at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Severe weather --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 01:37, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.