List of deadliest floods
This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 60 deaths.
List
Rank | Death toll | Event | Location | Year |
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1 | 500,000–4,000,000 | 1931 China floods | China | 1931 |
2 | 900,000–2,000,000 | 1887 Yellow River flood | China | 1887 |
3 | 500,000–800,000 | 1938 Yellow River flood | China | 1938 |
4 | 229,000 | Typhoon Nina | China | 1975 |
5 | 145,000 | 1935 Yangtze flood | China | 1935 |
6 | 100,000+ | St. Felix's Flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1530 |
7 | 100,000 | Hanoi and Red River Delta flood | North Vietnam | 1971 |
8 | up to 100,000 [1] | 1911 Yangtze river flood | China | 1919 |
9 | 50,000–80,000 | St. Lucia's flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1287 |
10 | 60,000 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1212 |
11 | 40,000 [2] | 1949 Eastern Guatemalan Floods | Guatemala | 1949 |
12 | 36,000 | St. Marcellus flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1219 |
13 | 30,000 | 1954 Yangtze River floods | China | 1954 |
14 | 28,700 | 1974 Bangladesh flood due to monsoon rain | Bangladesh | 1974 |
15 | 25,000–40,000 | St. Marcellus flood / Grote Mandrenke, storm tide | Holy Roman Empire, Denmark | 1362 |
16 | 20,000 | 1999 Vargas mudslide | Venezuela | 1999 |
17 | 20,000 | All Saints' Flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1570 |
18 | 20,000 | 1939 Tianjin flood | China | 1939 |
19 | 14,000 | Christmas flood, storm surge | Netherlands, Germany, Denmark | 1717 |
20 | 10,000–100,000 | St. Elizabeth flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1421 |
21 | 8,000–15,000 | Burchardi flood | Germany, Denmark | 1634 |
22 | 10,000 | Great Iran Flood | Iran | 1954 |
23 | 10,000 | 1824 St. Petersburg flood | Russia | 1824 |
24 | several thousands | North Sea flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1014 |
25 | several thousands | St. Juliana flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1164 |
26 | several thousands | St. Agatha flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1288 |
27 | several thousands | St. Clemens flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1334 |
28 | several thousands | St. Mary Magdalene's flood | Central Europe | 1342 |
29 | several thousands | All Saints flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1532 |
30 | several thousands | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1703 |
31 | 5,748. [3] | 2013 North India floods | India | 2013 |
32 | 6,200 | Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui flood | China | 1980 |
32 | 5,000 | Lake Palcacocha in the Cojup valley, Cordillera Blanca mountain range, landslide by massive avalanche | Peru | 1941 |
33 | 5,000–10,000 | Rajputana flood | India | 1943 |
34 | 4,892 [2] | 1968 Rajasthan, Gujarat monsoon rain | India | 1968 |
35 | 4,800 | 1951 Manchuria flood | China | 1951 |
36 | 3,838 | 1998 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain | India, Bangladesh | 1998 |
37 | 3,814 | 1989 Sichuan flood | China | 1989 |
38 | 3,800 | 1978 Northern India monsoon rain | India | 1978 |
39 | 3,656 | 1998 Yangtze river flood | China | 1998 |
40 | 3,500 | 1948 Fuzhou flood | China | 1948 |
41 | 3,189+ | 2010 China floods, landslides | China, North Korea | 2010 |
41 | 3,084 | 1993 South Asian monsoon rain | Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan | 1993 |
42 | 3,076 | 2004 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain | India, Bangladesh | 2004 |
43 | 3,000 | 1992 Afghanistan flood, mainly, Gulbahar, Kalotak, Shutul, Parwan, flash flood, mudslide | Afghanistan | 1992 |
44 | 2,910 | 1950 Pakistan flood | Pakistan | 1950 |
45 | 2,828 | 2011 Southeast Asian floods | Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia | 2011 |
46 | 2,775 | 1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows | China | 1996 |
47 | 2,566 | 1953 Japan flood, mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide | Japan | 1953 |
48 | 2,400 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 838 |
49 | 1,000-8,000 | 2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain | India | 2016 |
50 | 2,379 | 1988 Bangladesh monsoon rain | Bangladesh | 1988 |
51 | 2,209 | Johnstown Flood | United States (Pennsylvania) | 1889 |
52 | 2,142 | North Sea flood of 1953 storm surge | Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium | 1953 |
53 | 2,075 | 1981 Sichuan, Shanxi flood | China | 1981 |
54 | 2,055 | 1987 Bangladesh monsoon rain | Bangladesh | 1987 |
55 | 2,000–5,0001 | Morvi dam burst | India (Morvi, Gujarat) | 1979 |
57 | 2,000–3,000 | Mostaganem and Oran flood | Algeria | 1927 |
58 | 2,000+ | Bristol Channel floods, 1607 | England and Wales; possible tsunami | 1607 |
59 | 1,909 [2] | Vajont Dam landslide and flood | Italy | 1963 |
60 | 1,834 | 1992 Pakistan, Northern India monsoon rain | Pakistan, India | 1992 |
61 | 1,723 | 1991 China flood, mainly, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, torrential floods, mud-rock flows | China | 1991 |
62 | 1,700 | 1955 Northern India flood | India | 1955 |
63 | 1,624 | Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang flood | China | 2005 |
64 | 1,605–3,363 | spring flooding | Haiti, Dominican Republic | 2004 |
65 | 1600–2,000 | Pakistan floods, monsoon flooding[4][5][6][7] | Pakistan | 2010 |
66 | 1,558 | St. Martin flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1686 |
67 | 1,532 | 2002 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows | China | 2002 |
68 | 1,503 | Mumbai and the surrounding state Maharashtra, Karnataka, monsoon rain | India | 2005 |
69 | 1,437 | 1995 China flood, mainly, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Fujian, torrential rain, devastating floods, mud-rock flows | China | 1995 |
70 | 1,348 | 2007 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows | China | 2007 |
71 | 1,268 | Floods were caused by Tropical Storm Washi[8] | Philippines | 2011 |
74 | 1,029 | 2004 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows, landslide | China | 2004 |
75 | 1,000 | 1961 Bihar flood | India | 1961 |
76 | 992 | Isahaya, massive rain and mudslide | Japan | 1957 |
77 | 941 | Inuyama Iruka pond dam failure | Japan | 1868 |
78 | 933 | 1938 Massive rain of Japan, mainly Tokyo, Kobe, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1938 |
79 | 915 | Barcelona, flash flood | Spain | 1962 |
80 | 903 | January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides | Brazil | 2011 |
81 | 848 | 1977 Karachi flood | Pakistan | 1977 |
82 | 844 | 2006 North Korea flooding | North Korea | 2006 |
83 | 827 | Algiers, Bab El Oued, devastating flood, mudslide | Algeria | 2001 |
84 | 800 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1825 |
85 | 800 | 2000 Mozambique flood | Mozambique | 2000 |
86 | 705 | 2006 Ethiopia flood, mainly Omo River Delta, Dire Dawa, Tena, Gode, flash flood, heavyrain | Ethiopia | 2006 |
87 | 702 | 1999 Vietnam flood, mainly occurred at Thua Thien Hue | Vietnam | 1999 |
88 | 677 | 2009 August 8 flood, due to Typhoon Morakot, An entire village of Shiaolin was buried at the southern county of Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2009 |
89 | 672 | 1972 Seoul flood | South Korea | 1972 |
90 | 653 | 1972 Luzon flood | Philippines | 1972 |
91 | 640 | 1987 Villatina landslide disaster | Colombia | 1987 |
92 | 610 | 2007 North Korea flooding | North Korea | 2007 |
93 | 540 | 1969 Tunisia flooding | Tunisia | 1969 |
94 | 532 | Cuzco, Huallaga, torrential rain, flooding, landslide | Peru | 1982 |
95 | 517 | 1967 Massive rain of Japan, mainly, Kobe, Kure, Agano River, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1967 |
96 | 506 | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 1987 |
97 | 500 | Malawi, flash flood and landslide | Malawi | 1991 |
98 | 500 | Gauldal, landslide | Norway | 1345 |
99 | 500[9] | 2018 East Africa floods | Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia | 2018 |
100 | 483 | 2018 Kerala floods | India | 2018 |
101 | 464 | Lisbon flash flood | Portugal | 1967 |
102 | 449+ | 2016 China floods | China | 2016 |
103 | 445 | Western Japan, massive rains and landslides | Japan | 1972 |
104 | 437 | 1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide | Brazil | 1967 |
105 | 431 | St. Francis Dam failure | United States (California) | 1928 |
106 | 431 | 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods | India | 2015 |
107 | 429 | 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide | Nepal | 2002 |
108 | 425 | October 1999 Mexico floods, mainly occurred at Tabasco, Puebla, Chiapas, flood and mudslide as a result from Tropical Depression Eleven | Mexico | 1999 |
109 | 421 | Malpasset Dam failure | France | 1959 |
110 | 420 | St. Aarons Flood | Amsterdam | 1420 |
111 | 408 | 1969 South Korea flood, mainly, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Gangwon-do, torrential rain, landslide | South Korea | 1969 |
112 | 407 | 1993 Iran flood, mainly occurred at Isfahan, Bandar Abass, flash flood and landslide | Iran | 1993 |
113 | 405 | 1998 South Korea flood, heavy massive rain, landslide | South Korea | 1998 |
114 | 400 | 1955 Lebanon Tripoli flood | Lebanon | 1955 |
115 | 386 | Thailand, Malaysia, mainly, Nakhon, Songkhla, Kelantan, torrential rain | Thailand, Malaysia, | 1988 |
116 | 385 | Ohio River flood of 1937 | United States (Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois) | 1937 |
117 | 373 | 1966 Rio de Janeiro flood, flood and landslide | Brazil | 1966 |
118 | 364 | Piura, Tumbes, torrential rain, flooding, landslide | Peru | 1983 |
119 | 360+ | Great Dayton Flood | United States | 1913 |
120 | 360 | 1958 Buenos Aires flood | Argentina | 1958 |
121 | 353 | 2007 African Nations flood | mainly Sudan, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and many African country | 2007 |
122 | 347 | 1996 Yemen flood | Yemen | 1996 |
123 | 345 | 1987 South Korea flood, mainly, Chungchongnam-do, Jeollanam-do, Kangwon, torrential rain, landslide | South Korea | 1987 |
124 | 342 | 2006 East African Flood | Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia | 2006 |
125 | 315 | North Sea flood of 1962 storm tide | Germany | 1962 |
126 | 313 | 2003 Sumatra flood, mainly Jambi, Batanghari, Tondano, torrential rain, flash flood, landslide | Indonesia | 2003 |
127 | 300 | Flood in Miskolc, 1878 | Miskolc, Hungary | 1878 |
127 | 300 | Quebrada Blanca canyon, landslide | Colombia | 1974 |
127 | 300 | Pampayacta avalanche | Peru | 1963 |
130 | 299 | Nagasaki, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1982 |
131 | 290 | Rio de Janeiro and Fluminense flood | Brazil | 1988 |
132 | 272 | 1973 Granada, Almeria, Murcia flood | Spain | 1973 |
133 | 270 | Great Sheffield flood dam disaster | United Kingdom | 1864 |
134 | 268 | Val di Stava dam disaster | Italy | 1985 |
135 | 259 | 1966 Maian flood | Jordan | 1966 |
136 | 255 | 1998 Tajikistan flood | Tajikistan | 1998 |
137 | 250 | La Josefina landslide dam failure | Ecuador | 1993 |
138 | 246+ | April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2010 |
139 | 246 | Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 | United States (Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas) | 1927 |
140 | 240 | 2017 Gujarat flood | Gujarat and Rajasthan, India | 2017 |
140 | 238 | Black Hills flood | United States | 1972 |
141 | 235–244 | 2009 Philippine Floods[10] | Philippines | 2009 |
142 | 230 | Marrakesh flash flood | Morocco | 1995 |
143 | 228 | 2007 Balochistan flood by Cyclone Yemyin | Pakistan | 2007 |
144 | 223 | 2012 North Korean floods | North Korea | 2012 |
145 | 225 | 2018 Japan floods | Japan | 2018 |
146 | 203+ | 2017 China floods | China | 2017 |
147 | 200–600 | Chungar landslide, flood, avalanche | Peru | 1971 |
148 | 200+ | 2008 South China floods | South China | 2008 |
148 | 200 | Pamir Mountain area, mud and rock slides, torrential rain | Tajikistan | 1992 |
150 | 199 | Santa Catarina, Tubarão, torrential heavy rain | Brazil | 1974 |
150 | 199 | 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides | El Salvador | 2009 |
152 | 190 | Huigra, landslide | Ecuador | 1931 |
153 | 172 | 2012 Russian floods | Krymsk | 2012 |
154 | 165 | 2004 Brazil flood, mainly São Paulo, Pemambuco, torrential rain, mudslide | Brazil | 2004 |
155 | 159 | Sarno flood and landslide | Italy | 1998 |
156 | 154 | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 1995 |
158 | 141+ | 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods | Africa | 2011 |
159 | 140+ | 2019 Pakistan floods and storms | Pakistan | 2019 |
160 | 138 | 2010 Colombia floods | Colombia | 2010 |
161 | 135 | Ozengeli, avalanche | Turkey | 1993 |
162 | 128 | Izumo, massive rain and mudslide | Japan | 1964 |
163 | 125+ | 2010 Leh floods | Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan/India | 2010 |
164 | 123 | 2009 Jeddah Torrential rain, floods | Saudi Arabia | 2009 |
165 | 120 | 1991 Antofagasta Flood, mud swept | Chile | 1991 |
166 | 119 | 2007 Central and East Java torrential monsoon rain, landslide, flood | Indonesia | 2007 |
167 | 117 | Masuda, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1983 |
169 | 115 | Los Angeles flood of 1938 | United States | 1938 |
170 | 114 | 1990 South Korea flood, Seoul, Inchon, heavy rain | South Korea | 1990 |
171 | 113 | 2019 Jayapura flood and landslide | Indonesia | 2019 |
172 | 110 | Southern Federal District, heavy rain, landslide[11] | Russia | 2002 |
173 | 104 | 1981 Laingsburg flood | South Africa | 1981 |
174 | 101 | 2016 Sri Lankan floods | Sri Lanka | 2016 |
175 | 98 | Flood of the millennium | Poland, Czech Republic | 1997 |
176 | 94 | The Mameyes disaster | Puerto Rico (Ponce) | 1985 |
177 | 90+ | Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913 | United States | 1913 |
178 | 86 | "Las Nieves" camping river flood, in Biescas. | Spain | 1996 |
179 | 85+ | January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2010 |
180 | 81+ | Valencia flood | Valencia, Spain | 1957 |
180 | 81 | Holmfirth floods—Bilberry Reservoir dam failure | United Kingdom | 1852 |
182 | 80+ | 2014 Southeast Europe floods | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia | 2014 |
182 | 80 | Failure of Laurel Run Dam and flash flooding, Johnstown, Pennsylvania | United States | 1977 |
184 | 78 | Austin Dam failure | United States | 1911 |
185 | 77+ | 2019 Iran floods | Iran | 2019 |
186 | 75+ | 2013 Argentina floods | Greater La Plata, Argentina | 2013 |
187 | 73 | 1993 Kagoshima Heavy Rain, mudslide and debris flow | Japan | 1993 |
188 | 72+ | Nigeria floods | Nigeria | 2012 |
188 | 72 | Gudbrandsdalen flood and landslides | Norway | 1789 |
190 | 69 | 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans | United States | 2005 |
191 | 68 | 2019 South Sulawesi floods | Indonesia | 2019 |
192 | 66 | 2020 Jakarta floods | Indonesia | 2020 |
Floods by year
Only floods having caused 10 fatalities or more in 21st-century are listed.
2020
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January 1 | 66 | Indonesia | 2020 Jakarta floods |
January 26 | 57 | Brazil | 2020 Brazilian floods and mudslides[12] |
March–May 2020 | 443 | Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Tanzania | 2020 East Africa floods |
2019
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January 22 | 68 | Indonesia | 2019 South Sulawesi floods |
February 14 | 140 | Pakistan | 2019 Pakistan floods and storms |
March 16 | 113 | Indonesia | 2019 Jayapura flood and landslide |
March 19-April 29 | 77 | Iran | 2019 Iran floods |
April 18–22 | 85 | South Africa | 2019 Durban Easter floods |
July | 139 | India | 2019 Bihar floods |
July 11 | 78 | Nepal | 2019 Nepal floods |
July-August | 50 | India | 2019 Indian floods |
July 12-present | 89 | Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal | 2019 South Asia floods |
August-present | 76 | India | 2019 Kerala floods |
August-present | 61 | India | 2019 Karnataka floods |
2018
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January 8 | 21 | United States | January 2018 Western United States floods |
March | 500 | Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti, Burundi | 2018 East Africa floods |
May 19–26 | 22 | Sri Lanka | 2018 Sri Lankan southwest monsoon floods |
June 23–25 | 23 | Vietnam | June 2018 Vietnam floods |
June 28-July 9 | 225 | Japan | 2018 Japan floods |
July 23 | 40 | Laos | 2018 Laos dam collapse and flood |
July–August | 483 | India | 2018 Kerala floods |
August 28 | 76 | North Korea | 2018 North Korean floods |
September 2 | 14 | Vietnam | September 2018 Vietnam floods |
October–November | 69 | Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Portugal | 2018 European floods |
2017
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
December 16, 2016-March 2017 | 246 | Zimbabwe | 2016–17 Zimbabwe floods |
April 14 | 42 | Iran | 2017 Northwest Iran floods |
June | 203 | China | 2017 China floods |
June–July | 224 | India | 2017 Gujarat flood |
July 31 | 16 | India | 2017 Rajasthan flood |
July–August | 152 | India | 2017 West Bengal floods |
August | 514 | India | 2017 Bihar flood |
August 29 | 21 | India | 2017 Mumbai flood |
August 30 | 23 | Pakistan | 2017 Karachi floods |
2016
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
March 11 | 21 | Brazil | 2016 São Paulo flood and mudslide |
April 3–5 | 153 | Pakistan | 2016 Pakistan flood |
April 6 | 28 | Ethiopia | 2016 Ethiopia flood |
May | 101 | Sri Lanka | 2016 Sri Lankan floods |
May–June | 21 | Germany, France, Belgium, Romania, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Austria, Moldova | 2016 European floods |
June 23–24 | 23 | United States | 2016 West Virginia flood |
June | 10 | Ghana | 2016 Accra floods |
June–September | 350 | China | 2016 China floods |
June–September | 38 | Niger | 2016 Niger flood |
August 6–10 | 21 | Republic of Macedonia | 2016 Macedonian floods |
August 12–22 | 13 | United States | 2016 Louisiana floods |
August–September | 525 | North Korea | 2016 North Korean floods |
October | 13 | Vietnam | 2016 Vietnam floods |
October | 26 | Egypt | 2016 Egypt flood |
December | 91 | Thailand | 2017 Southern Thailand floods |
2015
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
December 14, 2014 – January 2, 2015 | 75 | Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia | 2014–15 floods in Southeast Asia and South Asia |
January 9–20 | 225 | Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, Zimbabwe | 2015 Southeast Africa floods |
March 4 | 38 | Tanzania | 2015 Tanzania flood |
March 23–25 | 26 | Chile | 2015 Northern Chile floods and mudflow |
May 22–25 | 31 | United States | 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood |
June | 25 | Ghana | 2015 Accra floods |
June 14 | 20 | Georgia | 2015 Tbilisi flood |
July 7–30 | 72 | India | July 2015 Gujarat flood |
July 16-August | 103 | Myanmar | 2015 Myanmar floods |
November-December | 500 | India | 2015 South Indian floods |
2014
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
May 13–27 | 86 | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia | 2014 Southeast Europe floods |
June 7 | 200 | Afghanistan | 2014 Baghlan floods |
June 17–20 | 16 | Bulgaria | 2014 Bulgarian floods |
August 18–25 | 10 | South Korea | 2014 South Korea floods |
September 2–26 | 557 | India, Pakistan | 2014 India–Pakistan floods |
2013
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January 15–23 | 47 | Indonesia | 2013 Jakarta flood |
May–June | 25 | Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Poland, Switzerland | 2013 European floods |
June | 5,748 | India | 2013 North India floods |
April 1–3 | 101 | Argentina | 2013 Argentina floods |
August | 50 | Sudan | 2013 Sudan floods |
August | 187 | Pakistan, Afghanistan | 2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods |
August 10 | 85 | China, Russia | 2013 China–Russia floods |
July–September | 201 | India | 2013 Bihar flood |
July 3-September | 73 | China | 2013 Southwest China floods |
August–December | 405 | Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar | 2013 Southeast Asian floods |
November 17–19 | 18 | Italy | 2013 Sardinia floods |
2012
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
May | 26 | Nepal | May 2012 Nepal floods |
July 7 | 171 | Russia | 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods |
July 21 | 77 | China | July 2012 Beijing flood |
July 19-September 17 | 330 | North Korea | 2012 North Korean floods |
July–October | 363 | Nigeria | 2012 Nigeria floods |
August | 31 | India | 2012 Himalayan flash floods |
August 1–8 | 95 | Philippines | 2012 Luzon southwest monsoon floods |
September | 455 | Pakistan | 2012 Pakistan floods |
2011
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January 11 | 903 | Brazil | January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides |
March 23 | 53 | Thailand | 2011 Southern Thailand floods |
April | 400 | Colombia | April 2011 Colombia floods |
May 4-June 20 | 20 | United States | 2011 Mississippi River floods |
June 4–27 | 239 | China | 2011 China floods |
July 25–28 | 69 | South Korea | 2011 Seoul floods |
July 25- January 12, 2012 | 815 | Thailand | 2011 Thailand floods |
June–October | 2,282 | Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia | 2011 Southeast Asian floods |
August | 63 | Pakistan | 2011 Kohistan floods |
August-September | 434 | Pakistan | 2011 Sindh floods |
September–November | 81 | Colombia | Sep-Nov 2011 Colombia floods |
October | 13 | France, Italy, Ireland | 2011 European floods |
December 2010-January | 40 | Philippines | 2010–11 Philippine floods |
December 2010-January | 141 | South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique | 2010–11 Southern Africa floods |
2010
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
November 2010-January 2011 | 33 | Australia | 2010–11 Queensland floods |
December 30, 2009-January 6 | 85 | Brazil | January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides |
February 20 | 42 | Portugal | 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides |
April | 249 | Brazil | April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides |
May 1–7 | 31 | United States | 2010 Tennessee floods |
May–June | 37 | Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary | 2010 Central European floods |
June 10–11 | 20 | United States | 2010 Arkansas floods |
June 15–16 | 25 | France | 2010 Var floods |
June | 51 | Brazil | 2010 northeastern Brazil floods |
June–July | 23 | Romania | 2010 Romanian floods |
July | 1,781 | Pakistan | 2010 Pakistan floods |
August 6 | 255 | India | 2010 Ladakh floods |
May 10-September | 3,189 | China | 2010 China floods |
October 6 | 145 | Indonesia | 2010 West Papua floods |
October 10-November 19 | 236 | Thailand, Malaysia | 2010 floods in Thailand and north Malaysia |
November | 301 | Colombia | 2010 Colombian rainy season |
2009
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
March–April | 131 | Angola, Namibia, Zambia | 2009 Angola, Namibia and Zambia floods |
April–May | 44 | Brazil | 2009 Brazilian floods and mudslides |
June | 33 | Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Romania, Serbia, Turkey | 2009 European floods |
June–September | 193 | Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone | 2009 West Africa floods |
July | 299 | India | 2009 India floods |
July–August | 26 | Pakistan | 2009 Karachi floods |
September | 31 | Turkey | 2009 Turkish flash floods |
September 15–30 | 10 | United States | 2009 Southeastern United States floods |
October 1–2 | 31 | Italy | 2009 Messina floods and mudslides |
November 25 | 122 | Saudi Arabia | 2009 Jeddah floods |
November 7–8 | 199 | El Salvador | 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides |
2008
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
February–March | 42 | Namibia | 2008 Namibia floods |
March 17-May | 17 | United States | Early Spring 2008 Midwest floods |
May 26–June 14 | 200 | China | 2008 South China floods |
June 7-July 1 | 16 | United States | June 2008 Midwest floods |
July 3-September | 2,400 | India | 2008 Indian floods |
August | 434 | India | 2008 Bihar flood |
October | 100 | Vietnam | 2008 Vietnam floods |
October 19–23 | 180 | Yemen | 2008 Yemen cyclone and floods |
November | 128 | Brazil | 2008 Santa Catarina floods |
2007
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
December 18, 2006-January 13 | 118 | Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore | 2006–07 Southeast Asian floods |
February | 29 | Mozambique | 2007 Mozambican flood |
February 2–12 | 80 | Indonesia | 2007 Jakarta flood |
April | 15 | Argentina | March 2007 Argentina floods |
June | 11 | United States | June 2007 Texas flooding |
June 1-July 27 | 13 | United Kingdom | 2007 United Kingdom floods |
July 3-August 15 | 2,000 | India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan | 2007 South Asian floods |
August 15–31 | 600 | North Korea | 2007 North Korean floods |
August 17 | 181 | China | 2007 Shandong coal mine flood |
August 17–24 | 18 | United States | 2007 Midwest flooding |
August–December | 1,287 | India | 2007 Bihar flood |
September 14–17 | 250 | Sudan, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Togo | 2007 African floods |
2006
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
June 25-July 5 | 16 | United States | 2006 Mid-Atlantic United States flood |
July | 844 | North Korea | 2006 North Korean floods |
August | 705 | Ethiopia | |
September | 342 | Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia |
2005
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January | 17 | United States | Los Angeles County flood of 2005 |
June | 117 | China | Shalan Town flood of 2005 |
July | 1,503 | India Maharastra | |
May | 1,624 | China Zhejiang | |
August | 62 | Romania, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Austria, Germany | 2005 European floods |
August | 89 | United States | 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans |
November–December | 50 | India | 2005 Chennai floods |
2004
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
January | 165 | Brazil São Paulo | |
May 18–25 | 3,363 | Haiti, Dominican Republic | May 2004 Caribbean floods |
August | 885 | India | 2004 Bihar flood |
September | 1,029 | China Jiangsu |
2003
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
April | 154 | Argentina | 2003 Santa Fe flood |
October–November | 313 | Indonesia Sumatra |
2002
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
June | 1,532 | China Shaanxi Hebei | |
June | 17 | Chile | 2002 Northern Chile floods and mudflow |
August | 110 | Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Romania | 2002 European floods |
August | 429 | Nepal |
2001
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
October–November | 827 | Algeria Bab El Oued |
Notes
- 1.^ Some reports list as many as 12,000 dead.
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