List of deadliest floods
This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide with a minimum of 60 deaths.
List
Death count | Event | Location | Year |
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930,000–2,000,000 | 1887 Yellow River flood | China | 1887 |
422,499–4,000,000 | 1931 China floods | China | 1931 |
400,000–893,303 | 1938 Yellow River flood | China | 1939 |
145,000 | 1935 Yangtze flood | China | 1935 |
up to 100,000[1][2][3] | The flood of 1099 | Netherlands, England | 1099 |
60,000 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1212 |
50,000–80,000[2] | St. Lucia's flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1287 |
40,000[4] | 1949 Eastern Guatemalan floods | Guatemala | 1949 |
36,000 | First St. Marcellus flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1219 |
33,000 | 1954 Yangtze River floods | China | 1954 |
27,000–1,500,000 | 1974 Bangladesh flood due to monsoon rain | Bangladesh | 1974 |
26,000–240,000 | 1975 Banqiao Dam failure and floods | China | 1975 |
25,000–40,000 | St. Marcellus flood / Grote Mandrenke, storm tide | Holy Roman Empire, Denmark | 1362 |
20,000–25,000 | All Saints' Flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1570 |
20,000 | 1939 Tianjin flood | China | 1939 |
15,000[5] | 1705 Po valley flood | Italy | 1705 |
14,000 | Christmas flood, storm surge | Netherlands, Germany, Denmark | 1717 |
11,498+ | Storm Daniel | Libya, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt | 2023 |
10,000–100,000[1][2][3] | St. Elizabeth's flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1421 |
10,000–30,000 | 1999 Vargas mudslide | Venezuela | 1999 |
8,000–15,000 | Burchardi flood | Germany, Denmark | 1634 |
7,000[5] | 1557 Palermo flood | Sicily | 1557 |
6,200 | Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui flood | China | 1980 |
6,054 | 2013 North India floods | India | 2013 |
5,154 (official) | 1963 Great Hai River flood | China | 1963 |
5,000–10,000 | Rajasthan flood | India | 1943 |
5,000 | Lake Palcacocha in the Cojup valley, Cordillera Blanca mountain range, landslide by massive avalanche | Peru | 1941 |
4,892[4] | 1968 Rajasthan, Gujarat monsoon rain | India | 1968 |
4,800 | 1951 Manchuria flood | China | 1951 |
4,000[5] | 1610 Tanaro River flood | Italy | 1610 |
3,838 | 1998 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain | India, Bangladesh | 1998 |
3,814 | 1989 Sichuan flood | China | 1989 |
3,800 | 1978 Northern India monsoon rain | India | 1978 |
3,656 | 1998 Yangtze river flood | China | 1998 |
3,500 | 1948 Fuzhou flood | China | 1948 |
3,189+ | 2010 China floods, landslides | China, North Korea | 2010 |
3,084 | 1993 South Asian monsoon rain | Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan | 1993 |
3,076 | 2004 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain | India, Bangladesh | 2004 |
3,000[5] | 1530 Tiber River flood | Italy | 1530 |
3,000[5] | 1598 Tiber River flood | Italy | 1598 |
3,000 | 1992 Afghanistan flood, mainly, Gulbahar, Kalotak, Shutul, Parwan, flash flood, mudslide | Afghanistan | 1992 |
2,910 | 1950 Pakistan flood | Pakistan | 1950 |
2,828+ | 2011 Southeast Asian floods | Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia | 2011 |
2,775 | 1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows | China | 1996 |
2,566 | 1953 Japan flood (1953 Northern Kyushu flood and 1953 Wakayama flood), mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide | Japan | 1953 |
2,400 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 838 |
2,379 | 1988 Bangladesh monsoon rain | Bangladesh | 1988 |
2,209 | Johnstown Flood | United States (Pennsylvania) | 1889 |
2,142 | North Sea flood of 1953 storm surge | Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium | 1953 |
2,075 | 1981 Sichuan, Shanxi flood | China | 1981 |
2,055 | 1987 Bangladesh monsoon rain | Bangladesh | 1987 |
several thousands | North Sea flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1014 |
several thousands | St. Juliana flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1164 |
several thousands | St. Agatha flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1288 |
several thousands | St. Clemens flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1334 |
several thousands | St. Mary Magdalene's flood | Central Europe | 1342 |
several thousands | All Saints flood, storm surge | Holy Roman Empire | 1532 |
several thousands | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1703 |
2,000–10,000 | Great Iran Flood | Iran | 1954 |
2,000–5,0001 | Morvi dam burst | India (Morvi, Gujarat) | 1979 |
2,000–3,000 | Mostaganem and Oran flood | Algeria | 1927 |
2,000+ | Bristol Channel floods | England and Wales; possible tsunami | 1607 |
2,000+ | May 2004 Caribbean floods | Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands | 2004 |
1,985 | Pakistan floods, monsoon flooding[6][7][8][9] | Pakistan | 2010 |
1,921[4][5] | Vajont Dam landslide and flood | Italy | 1963 |
1,834 | 1992 Pakistan, Northern India monsoon rain | Pakistan, India | 1992 |
1,739 | 2022 Pakistan floods | Pakistan | 2022 |
1,723 | 1991 China flood, mainly, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, torrential floods, mud-rock flows | China | 1991 |
1,700 | 1955 Northern India flood | India | 1955 |
1,624 | Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang flood | China | 2005 |
1,605–3,363 | spring flooding | Haiti, Dominican Republic | 2004 |
1,558 | St. Martin flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1686 |
1,532 | 2002 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows | China | 2002 |
1,503 | Mumbai and the surrounding state Maharashtra, Karnataka, monsoon rain in 2005 | India | 2005 |
1,437 | 1995 China flood, mainly, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Fujian, torrential rain, devastating floods, mud-rock flows | China | 1995 |
1,348 | 2007 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows | China | 2007 |
1,268 | Floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi[10] | Philippines | 2011 |
1,029 | 2004 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows, landslide | China | 2004 |
1,000–8,000 | 2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain | India | 2016 |
1,000 | 1961 Bihar flood | India | 1961 |
992 | 1957 Isahaya flood, massive rain and mudslide | Japan | 1957 |
941 | Inuyama Iruka pond dam failure | Japan | 1868 |
933 | 1938 Hanshin flood, mainly Tokyo, Kobe, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1938 |
915 | Barcelona, flash flood | Spain | 1962 |
903 | January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides | Brazil | 2011 |
848 | 1977 Karachi flood | Pakistan | 1977 |
844 | 2006 North Korean floods | North Korea | 2006 |
827 | Algiers, Bab El Oued, devastating flood, mudslide | Algeria | 2001 |
800 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1825 |
800 | 2000 Mozambique flood | Mozambique | 2000 |
705 | 2006 Ethiopia flood, mainly Omo River Delta, Dire Dawa, Tena, Gode, flash flood, heavyrain | Ethiopia | 2006 |
677 | 2009 August 8 flood, due to Typhoon Morakot, An entire village of Shiaolin was buried at the southern county of Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2009 |
672 | 1972 Seoul flood | South Korea | 1972 |
653 | 1972 Luzon flood | Philippines | 1972 |
640 | 1987 Villatina landslide disaster | Colombia | 1987 |
610 | 2007 North Korean floods | North Korea | 2007 |
595 | 1999 Vietnamese floods | Vietnam | 1999 |
594 | Hanoi and Red River Delta flood | North Vietnam | 1971 |
540 | 1969 Tunisia flooding | Tunisia | 1969 |
532 | Cuzco, Huallaga, torrential rain, flooding, landslide | Peru | 1982 |
517 | 1967 Massive rain of Japan, mainly, Kobe, Kure, Agano River, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1967 |
506 | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 1987 |
500 | Malawi, flash flood and landslide | Malawi | 1991 |
500 | Gauldal, landslide | Norway | 1345 |
500[11] | 2018 East Africa floods | Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia | 2018 |
483 | 2018 Kerala floods | India | 2018 |
464 | Lisbon flash flood | Portugal | 1967 |
449+ | 2016 China floods | China | 2016 |
445 | Western Japan, massive rains and landslides | Japan | 1972 |
437 | 1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide | Brazil | 1967 |
431 | St. Francis Dam failure | United States (California) | 1928 |
431 | 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods | India | 2015 |
429 | 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide | Nepal | 2002 |
425 | October 1999 Mexico floods, mainly occurred at Tabasco, Puebla, Chiapas, flood and mudslide as a result from Tropical Depression Eleven | Mexico | 1999 |
421 | Malpasset Dam failure | France | 1959 |
420 | St. Aarons Flood | Amsterdam | 1420 |
408 | 1969 South Korea flood, mainly, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Gangwon-do, torrential rain, landslide | South Korea | 1969 |
407 | 1993 Iran flood, mainly occurred at Isfahan, Bandar Abass, flash flood and landslide | Iran | 1993 |
405 | 1998 South Korea flood, heavy massive rain, landslide | South Korea | 1998 |
400 | 1955 Lebanon Tripoli flood | Lebanon | 1955 |
386 | Thailand, Malaysia, mainly, Nakhon, Songkhla, Kelantan, torrential rain | Thailand, Malaysia | 1988 |
385 | Ohio River flood of 1937 | United States (Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois) | 1937 |
373 | 1966 Rio de Janeiro flood, flood and landslide | Brazil | 1966 |
364 | Piura, Tumbes, torrential rain, flooding, landslide | Peru | 1983 |
360+ | Great Dayton Flood | United States | 1913 |
360 | 1958 Buenos Aires flood | Argentina | 1958 |
356+[5][12] | 1923 Gleno Dam failure | Italy | 1923 |
353 | 2007 African Nations flood | mainly Sudan, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and many African country | 2007 |
347 | 1996 Yemen flood | Yemen | 1996 |
345 | 1987 South Korea flood, mainly, Chungchongnam-do, Jeollanam-do, Kangwon, torrential rain, landslide | South Korea | 1987 |
342 | 2006 East African Flood | Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia | 2006 |
315 | North Sea flood of 1962 storm tide | Germany | 1962 |
313 | 2003 Sumatra flood, mainly Jambi, Batanghari, Tondano, torrential rain, flash flood, landslide | Indonesia | 2003 |
302 | 2021 Henan floods | China | 2021 |
300[5] | 1584 Tanaro River flood | Italy | 1584 |
300 | Flood in Miskolc, 1878 | Miskolc, Hungary | 1878 |
300 | Pampayacta avalanche | Peru | 1963 |
300 | Quebrada Blanca canyon, landslide | Colombia | 1974 |
299 | 1982 Nagasaki flood | Japan | 1982 |
290 | Rio de Janeiro and Fluminense flood | Brazil | 1988 |
272 | 1973 Granada, Almeria, Murcia flood | Spain | 1973 |
270 | Great Sheffield flood dam disaster | United Kingdom | 1864 |
268 | Val di Stava dam disaster | Italy | 1985 |
259 | 1966 Maian flood | Jordan | 1966 |
255 | 1998 Tajikistan flood | Tajikistan | 1998 |
251 | 2021 Maharashtra floods | India | 2021 |
250 | La Josefina landslide dam failure | Ecuador | 1993 |
246+ | April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2010 |
246 | Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 | United States (Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas) | 1927 |
242 | 2021 European floods | Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Romania, Czech Republic, Croatia | 2021 |
240 | 2017 Gujarat flood | Gujarat and Rajasthan, India | 2017 |
238 | Black Hills flood | United States | 1972 |
235–244 | 2009 Philippine Floods[13] | Philippines | 2009 |
233 | 2020 Central Vietnam floods | Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos | 2020 |
230 | Marrakesh flash flood | Morocco | 1995 |
228 | 2007 Balochistan flood by Cyclone Yemyin | Pakistan | 2007 |
223 | 2012 North Korean floods | North Korea | 2012 |
225 | 2018 Japan floods | Japan | 2018 |
203+ | 2017 China floods | China | 2017 |
200–600 | 1824 St. Petersburg flood | Russia | 1824 |
200–600 | Chungar landslide, flood, avalanche | Peru | 1971 |
200+ | 2008 South China floods | South China | 2008 |
200 | Pamir Mountain area, mud and rock slides, torrential rain | Tajikistan | 1992 |
199 | Santa Catarina, Tubarão, torrential heavy rain | Brazil | 1974 |
199 | 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides | El Salvador | 2009 |
190 | Huigra, landslide | Ecuador | 1931 |
187 | Ulaanbaatar-Tov area, heavy rain, mostly during August | Mongolia | 1982 |
172 | 2012 Russian floods | Krymsk | 2012 |
165 | 2004 Brazil flood, mainly São Paulo, Pemambuco, torrential rain, mudslide | Brazil | 2004 |
159 | Sarno flood and landslide | Italy | 1998 |
154 | KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | 1995 |
141+ | 2010–2011 Southern Africa floods | Africa | 2011 |
140+ | 2019 Pakistan floods and storms | Pakistan | 2019 |
139 | Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts) | United States of America | 1874 |
138 | 2010 Colombia floods | Colombia | 2010 |
135 | Ozengeli, avalanche | Turkey | 1993 |
128 | Izumo, massive rain and mudslide | Japan | 1964 |
125+ | 2010 Leh floods | Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan/India | 2010 |
123 | 2009 Jeddah Torrential rain, floods | Saudi Arabia | 2009 |
121 | 1986 Northern Vietnam floods | Vietnam | 1986 |
120 | 1991 Antofagasta Flood, mud swept | Chile | 1991 |
119 | 2007 Central and East Java torrential monsoon rain, landslide, flood | Indonesia | 2007 |
117 | Masuda, massive rain and landslide | Japan | 1983 |
115 | Los Angeles flood of 1938 | United States | 1938 |
114 | 1990 South Korea flood, Seoul, Inchon, heavy rain | South Korea | 1990 |
113 | 2019 Jayapura flood and landslide | Indonesia | 2019 |
113 | 2021 Afghanistan flood, 2021 Nuristan floods | Afghanistan | 2021 |
110 | Southern Federal District, heavy rain, landslide[14] | Russia | 2002 |
106 | 1997 Central European flood | Poland, Czech Republic | 1997 |
104 | 1981 Laingsburg flood | South Africa | 1981 |
101 | 2013 Argentina floods | Argentina | 2013 |
101 | 2016 Sri Lankan floods | Sri Lanka | 2016 |
100+ | 2023 North India floods | India | 2023 |
100 | 2008 Vietnam floods | Vietnam, China | 2008 |
94 | The Mameyes disaster | Puerto Rico (Ponce) | 1985 |
90+ | Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913 | United States | 1913 |
86 | "Las Nieves" camping river flood, in Biescas. | Spain | 1996 |
85+ | January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 2010 |
81+ | Valencia flood | Valencia, Spain | 1957 |
81 | Holmfirth floods—Bilberry Reservoir dam failure | United Kingdom | 1852 |
81 | 2021 Turkey floods | Turkey | 2021 |
80–100[15] | 1852 Gundagai flood | Australia | 1852 |
80+ | 2014 Southeast Europe floods | Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia | 2014 |
80[16] | 1988 Sudan floods | Sudan | 1988 |
80 | Failure of Laurel Run Dam and flash flooding, Johnstown, Pennsylvania | United States | 1977 |
78 | Austin Dam failure | United States | 1911 |
77+ | 2019 Iran floods | Iran | 2019 |
73 | 1993 Kagoshima Heavy Rain, mudslide and debris flow | Japan | 1993 |
72+ | Nigeria floods | Nigeria | 2012 |
72 | Gudbrandsdalen flood and landslides | Norway | 1789 |
69 | 2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans | United States | 2005 |
68 | 2019 South Sulawesi floods | Indonesia | 2019 |
67 | 2003 Santa Fe flood | Argentina | 2003 |
66 | 2020 Jakarta floods | Indonesia | 2020 |
62 | 2021 Niger floods | Niger | 2021 |
61[17] | Clermont and Peak Downs flood | Australia | 1916 |
Floods by year
Only floods having caused 10 fatalities or more in 21st-century are listed.
2023
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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December 18, 2022 – February 5, 2023 | 97 | Philippines | 2023 Philippine floods |
April – July | 422 | India | 2023 North India floods |
September 4 – September 12 | 11,498+ | Libya, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt | Storm Daniel |
2022
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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February 23 – April 7 | 22 | Australia | 2022 eastern Australia floods |
February 15 - May 23 | 342 | Brazil | 2022 Petrópolis floods, 2022 Northeastern Brazil floods and mudslides |
April 8 – 21 | 435 | South Africa | 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods |
May 5 – October | 2,757 | India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan | 2022 India–Bangladesh floods, 2022 Pakistan floods, 2022 Afghanistan floods |
December 18 – 30 | 52 | Philippines | 2022 Philippine floods |
2021
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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February 7 | 72[18] | India | 2021 Uttarakhand flood |
June – present | 21 | China | 2021 China floods |
June – August | 62 | Niger | 2021 Niger floods |
July 12 – July 25 | 242 | Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, United Kingdom | 2021 European floods |
July 17 – 31 | 398 | China | 2021 Henan floods |
July 22 – August | 251 | India | 2021 Maharashtra floods |
July 28 – August | 113 | Afghanistan | 2021 Afghanistan flood, 2021 Nuristan floods |
August 11 – 20 | 81 | Turkey | 2021 Turkey floods |
August 21 | 20 | United States | 2021 Tennessee floods |
17 December – 19 January | 54 | Malaysia | 2021–2022 Malaysian floods |
24 December – ongoing | 21 | Brazil | Late December 2021 Bahia floods |
2020
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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January 1 | 66 | Indonesia | 2020 Jakarta floods |
January 26 | 70 | Brazil | 2020 Brazilian floods and mudslides[19] |
March – May | 453 | Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Tanzania | 2020 East Africa floods |
May – November 21 | 2,813 | India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos | 2020 China floods, 2020 Assam floods,2020 Kerala floods, 2020 Hyderabad floods,[20] 2020 Nepal floods,[21][22] 2020 Central Vietnam floods |
July 4 | 77 | Japan | 2020 Kyushu floods[23] |
August | 172 | Yemen | 2020 Yemen flood |
August 26 | 190 | Afghanistan | 2020 Afghanistan flood |
September | 124 | Sudan | 2020 Sudan floods |
2019
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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January 22 - March 16 | 181 | Indonesia | 2019 South Sulawesi floods, 2019 Jayapura flood and landslide |
February 14 - August 29 | 740 | Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan | 2019 South Asia floods, 2019 Kerala floods, 2019 Karnataka floods, 2019 Indian floods, 2019 Nepal floods, 2019 Bihar floods, 2019 Iran floods, 2019 Pakistan floods and storms |
April 18 – 22 | 85 | South Africa | 2019 Durban Easter floods |
2018
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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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 |
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December 16, 2016 – March | 246 | Zimbabwe | 2016–17 Zimbabwe floods |
April 14-August 30 | 1,245 | India, Pakistan, China, Iran | 2017 Mumbai flood, 2017 Karachi floods, 2017 Bihar flood, 2017 West Bengal floods, 2017 Rajasthan flood, 2017 Gujarat flood, 2017 China floods, 2017 Northwest Iran floods |
July 15 | 10 | United States | 2017 Payson flash floods |
2016
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
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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 |
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December 14, 2014 – January 2 | 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 |
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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 – January 2011 | 35 | 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-September | 1,047 | 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-August | 1,961 | China, Nepal | |
June | 17 | Chile | 2002 Northern Chile floods and mudflow |
August | 110 | Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Romania | 2002 European floods |
2001
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
October – November | 827 | Algeria Bab El Oued |
2000
Date | Death toll | Location | Event |
---|---|---|---|
February – March | 1,005 | Mozambique, Madagascar | 2000 Mozambique flood, Early 2000 Madagascar floods |
June | 150 | India, Bangladesh | 2000 India-Bangladesh floods |
September – October | 20 | United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia | Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods |
Notes
- 1.^ Some reports list as many as 12,000 dead.
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