| Revised by av & sc, July 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events | ||||||||||||||||
| DFO # | Location | Detailed Locations | Began (mm/dd/yy) |
Ended (mm/dd/yy) |
Duration (days) |
Dead | Displaced | Damage (USD) |
Main Cause |
Secondary cause |
Recurrence Interval (Anecdotal) |
Severity Class* |
Hectares Flooded |
Hayden Code |
Affected Region (sq km) |
Flood Magnitude** |
| 1988-111 | Indonesia | Central Java - Districts: Pemalang, Pekalongan and Semarang. Rivers Kali Comal and Sikuang | 12/17/88 | 12/19/88 | 3 | 40 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 7,430 | 0.9 | ||||
| 1988-110 | Gabon | Cities: Lambarene, Port-Gentil, Ouila, Koula-Moutou, Makoukou Rivers: Ogooue and N'gounie | 11/28/88 | 12/03/88 | 6 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpo | 70,730 | 4.8 | ||||||
| 1988-109 | Western Uganda | Bundibugyo district (about 200 miles west of Kampala) | 11/23/88 | 12/07/88 | 15 | 5,000 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 14,340 | 3.2 | ||||
| 1988-108 | Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia | Thailand -- Nakhon Si Thamarat Province - Nakhon Si Thamarat city. Districts: Phipoon, Phibul, Lansaka. Villages: Katun, Khiriwong Songkhla Province - Hat Yai city. Ranot District. -- Surat Thani Province - Nasarn District. -- Other Provinces: Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, Chumphon, Trang, Phatthalung. -- Malaysia -- States: Kelantan, Johore, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Pahang, Trengganu, Kedah, Perlis | 11/20/88 | 12/01/88 | 12 | 386 | 301,000 | $172,000,000 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | worst flooding in 50 years in Songkhla -- "worst natural disaster to hit southern thailand" -- Malaysia: worst in 20 years -- "Levels at a flood measuring station in Kelantan exceeded the 1967 total by about 10 feet," | 2 | 720,000 | Tpz | 96,670 | 15.5 |
| 1988-107 | Indonesia | North Sumatra - south Tapanuli | 11/18/88 | 11/19/88 | 2 | 28 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 22,300 | 1.0 | ||||
| 1988-106 | Eastern Spain | Mediterranean coast -- Catalunya Province: Areyns de Mar, Viladecans, Sant Adrian del Besos. Corbera and Torrellas. -- Valencia province: Turia River | 11/12/88 | 11/13/88 | 2 | 5 | 800 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 2,650 | 0.4 | ||||
| 1988-105 | Philippines - Tropical Storm Tess and Typhoon Skip/Yoning | Luzon Island - Bicol Peninsula. Camarines Sur province. Pasacao. Pasig in Metro Manilla area. Panay Island - Capiz and Aklan provinces -- Palawan Island - Rizal. -- Flooding also reported on Cebu, Leyte, Visayas and Romblon islands | 11/04/88 | 11/08/88 | 5 | 255 | 1,000,000 | $400,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 10,600 | 1.7 | ||
| 1988-104 | Eastern Indonesia | Flores Island - four villages in the district of Ende. Ria Raja, Rewarangga | 11/05/88 | 11/07/88 | 3 | 20 | 1,200 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 780 | 0.3 | |||
| 1988-103 | Southern China - Typhoon | Hainan Province - 46 villages in Qiongshan, Ding'an and Wenchang counties. Nandu river | 10/28/88 | 10/30/88 | 3 | 0 | 10,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | 73,000 | Tszo | 5,370 | 0.8 | ||
| 1988-102 | Southeastern Nigeria | Rivers State - Kassama in Yenagoa Local Government Area | 10/27/88 | 10/28/88 | 2 | 10 | 12,000 | 1 | Tpz | 2,830 | 0.4 | |||||
| 1988-101 | Southern Philippines - Typhoon Ruby/ Unsang | Northern Mindanao Island - Misamis Oriental Province. three villages in the port city of Cagayan de Oro. Agusan River. Pagadian City. -- Southern and central Luzon Island - Manilla area. Marikina River. -- Other areas: Eastern Visayas Island, Bicol Island, Southern Tagalog | 10/22/88 | 10/26/88 | 5 | 181 | 60,000 | $24,000,000 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 5,340 | 1.2 | ||
| 1988-100 | Central and South America - Hurricane Joan/ Tropical Storm Miriam | Northern Columbia - Guajira Peninsula. Towns: Carmen de Bolivar, La Uribia. River Alferez. -- Venezuela - Caracas area. -- Nicaragua - Managua area, Miskito Coast, Corn Island, Bluefields, El Rama. Rivers: San Juan, Colorado, Coto. -- Panama - eastern province of Veraguas and Pacific province of Herrera. Border area with Costa Rica. -- Northern Costa Rica - Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Rivers: San Juan, Colorado, Coto | 10/18/88 | 10/25/88 | 8 | 135 | 407,000 | $62,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | Tpo | 62,660 | 5.2 | ||
| 1988-099 | Central Vietnam - unidentified Typhoon | 600-mile span between Thanh Hoa Province in the north to Phu Khanh Province in the south. Lam River in Nghe Tinh Province | 10/10/88 | 10/20/88 | 11 | 100 | 500,000 | Brief torrential rain | "Lam River was approaching a record high set in 1978" | 1 | 101,172 | Tpz | 39,060 | 4.7 | ||
| 1988-098 | Northern Guatemala | El Quiche Province - Chioxy River in the northern border strip between the towns of Playitas and Playa Grande | 10/16/88 | 10/17/88 | 2 | 6,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 370 | 0.1 | |||||
| 1988-097 | Ghana | Northern, Upper West and Upper East regions. West Gonja District. Salaga. Singa. Daboya. Black and White Volta Rivers | 10/01/88 | 10/11/88 | 11 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 102,200 | 7.7 | |||||
| 1988-096 | Central and Southern Nigeria | Federal Capital Territory Suleja - Abuja city and dam. -- Anambra State - 12 communities in Anambra Local Government Area. -- Rivers: Niger and Anambra | 09/21/88 | 10/05/88 | 15 | 70,000 | $1,000,000 | Dam/Levy, break or release | See notes | Tpz | 8,880 | - | ||||
| 1988-009 | Southern France | Gard Region, Nimes city | 10/03/88 | 10/03/88 | 1 | 10 | 300 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | TsuCs | 710 | 0.0 | |||
| 1988-094 | Western India | Maharashtra State - Bombay city | 10/03/88 | 10/04/88 | 2 | 23 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tszo | 600 | 0.2 | |||||
| 1988-093 | Northern Taiwan | Counties: Ilan, Taipei, Hualien and Taitung. | 09/21/88 | 10/03/88 | 13 | 0 | $14,170,816 | Heavy rain | 1 | 847 | Tszo | 7,300 | 2.2 | |||
| 1988-092 | Northwestern India and Pakistan | India -- Punjab State - 10 of 12 administrative districts and 1,463 villages inundated. Districts: Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Batala, Sangrur, Ferozepore, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Bhatinda and Faridkot. Cities: Jalandhar, Amritsar, Phillaur, Nawanshahr, Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Harike Barrage. Rivers: Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. -- Haryana State - 381 villages in seven of the total 12 districts. Jagadhri sub-division. Cities/towns: Delhi, New Delhi. Faridabad, Hissar, Kaithal, Nirwana. Yamuna River. -- Himachal Pradesh State - all 12 districts including Una district. -- Jammu and Kashmir State - Anantnag town. Rivers: Jelum, Tawi, Chenab and Ravi. -- -- Pakistan -- Punjab State - Districts: Sialkot, Gujrat and Gujranwala. Cities: Bahawalpur, Multan, Wazirabad, Narowal, Chaprar Marala, Lahore, Shahdara, Depalpur. Narang Mandi and Sharaqpur road areas. Rivers: Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi. | 09/21/88 | 10/08/88 | 18 | 731 | 1,250,000 | $6,814,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | "worst floods to hit north India in this century" -- "worst since the deluge of 1958" -- record levels on Ravi, Beas and Sutlej Rivers -- worst floods in india-controlled kashmir in the last decade | 2 | 1,476,874 | Tszo | 268,500 | 30.0 |
| 1988-091 | Eastern China - Typhoon #17 | Fujian Province - | 09/20/88 | 09/26/88 | 7 | 9 | 51,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 100,700 | 6.2 | |||
| 1988-090 | Thailand | 1,488 villages flooded in 53 of Thailand's 73 provinces; including Phayao, Rayong and Uthai Thani. | 09/18/88 | 10/05/88 | 18 | 19 | 16,000 | $1,200,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | 229,000 | Tpz | 243,200 | 14.3 | ||
| 1988-089 | Western Nepal | Darbang and Niskot villages in Myagdi District. Myagdi River | 09/20/88 | 09/21/88 | 2 | 106 | 56 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | - | ||||
| 1988-088 | Nigeria and Benin | Nigeria -- Oyo State - Oshogbo. Erinle River. Sokoto State - 76 villages submerged. Niger River -- Benin -- Provinces: Zou and Borgou. Districts: Malanville/Karimama, Zagnanado/Savalou. Oeme and Niger Rivers | 09/14/88 | 09/26/88 | 13 | 7 | 136,000 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | 30,000 | Tpz | 71,960 | 6.9 | ||
| 1988-087 | Caribbean, Mexico. Central America - Hurricane Gilbert | Dominican Republic - Yuna River near Cotui. -- Southern Haiti - " widespread flooding and crop damage" -- Jamaica - "widespread flooding across the island" -- Mexico - Yucatan Penninsula: Cancun, Cozumel, Campeche. Nuevo Leon State: Santa Catarina river in Monterrey and Cadereyta. Tamulipas state: Matamoros, Ciudad Victoria, La Pesca, Soto la Marina, San Carlos. -- Venezuela - Caracas area. -- El Salvador - eastern states of San Miguel, Usulutan and La Union -- Flooding also reported in Caymen Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Costa Rica | 09/10/88 | 09/18/88 | 9 | 237 | 821,400 | $68,200,000 | Tropical cyclone | Worst flash flood Monterrey has seen since 1909 | 2 | 1,456,874 | Tso and Tpo | 105,100 | 14.2 | |
| 1988-086 | USA - Florida | Tampa Bay Area. Counties: Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco. Towns: Palmetto, Bradenton, Yankeetown, Tampa, St Petersburg. Manatee and Little Manatee rivers. Alafia River. | 09/06/88 | 09/09/88 | 4 | 7 | 1,000 | $24,000,000 | Heavy rain | "Florida's worst floods in 60 years" | 2 | Tso | 6,500 | 2.2 | ||
| 1988-085 | China | Dongting Lake area in Hunan and Hubei provinces | 09/05/88 | 09/14/88 | 10 | 100,000 | Heavy rain | "worst flood in the past 30 years" in Dongting Lake area | 2 | 200,000 | Tszo | 47,800 | 10.1 | |||
| 1988-084 | USSR - Buryatia | Eastern regions of Soviet Buryatia, Transbailkal area. Rivers Uda, Kurba, Kodun and their tributaries. | 09/06/88 | 09/06/88 | 1 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | 10,000 | TsoCpSe* | 47,400 | 0.2 | ||||
| 1988-083 | Mexico - Debby | Veracruz State - Hueleque River in Poza Rica. Tuxpan-Pantepec River in Alamo. Papantla La Antigua, Cazones, Coatzintla, Tuxpan, La Palmilla. Cotaxtla River. Cazones River. -- Hidalgo State - | 09/02/88 | 09/06/88 | 5 | 31 | 30,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | Tso | 12,600 | 1.8 | |||
| 1988-082 | Eastern Mexico - Kristy | Chiapas State - Coatan River in Tapachula city. Huixtla, Escuincla, Pijijiapan, Arteaga and Tonala. Cuatan Grande and Chico rivers. -- Oaxaca State - Tehuantepec isthmus. Salado River | 09/01/88 | 09/05/88 | 5 | 17 | 20,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | Tso | 25,820 | 2.6 | |||
| 1988-081 | Niger | Sahel area. Niger River | 09/02/88 | 09/03/88 | 2 | 13 | 7,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 101,171 | Tpz | 88,400 | 4.1 | |||
| 1988-080 | Senegal | City of Bambey | 09/02/88 | 09/02/88 | 1 | 4 | 2,400 | Heavy rain | "worst storm he has seen since 1945" | 1 | Tpu | 1,300 | 0.0 | |||
| 1988-079 | Columbia | Provinces: Cordoba, Atlantico, Sucre, Magdalena, Cesar, Bolivar, Santander. Magdalena River. | 08/27/88 | 09/03/88 | 8 | 100,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 100,000 | Tpz | 158,800 | 8.3 | ||||
| 1988-078 | Iran | Town of Damavand, (50 km east of Tehran) and 30 villages in area. | 08/25/88 | 08/25/88 | 1 | 25 | 1 | Cs | 1,150 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1988-077 | Southern China | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region - Counties: Guiping, Wuxuan. Liuzhou city. Laibin town. Wuzhou city. Hongshui, Liujiang and Xijiang rivers. -- Guangdong Province- Zhaoqing city. Xijiang River | 08/31/88 | 09/06/88 | 7 | 58 | 300,000 | $256,000,000 | Heavy rain | worst flooding of the hongshui and liujiang rivers since 1949. -- worst flooding in 40 years | 2 | 1,252,061 | Tszo | 50,320 | 8.7 | |
| 1988-076 | Central America | Honduras - Shantytowns in Tegucigalpa, Slum Chamelecon in San Pedro Sula, La Lima. -- El Salvador - Provinces: Usulatan, La Union, Ahuachaba, San Miguel, San Salvador, La Paz. Towns: Chilanguera and La Cantora. Rio Grande and Lempa Rivers. -- Guatemala - Guatemala City -- Nicaragua - Nadaime city | 08/25/88 | 08/29/88 | 5 | 50 | 25,850 | Heavy rain | See notes | Honduras "RIVER FLOODS REACHED HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE 1969" | 1 | Tpo | 17,900 | 2.2 | ||
| 1988-075 | Chad and Northern Cameroon | Chad -- Provinces: Kanem, Ouaddai, Logone Occidentale, Logone Oriental. Prefectures: Salamat (Am-Timam), Mayo Kebbi (bongor), N'Djamena, Moyen-Chari (Sarh), Batha. Chari River in N'djamena city. southern town of Moundou. Elghazal river at Moussoro. -- Cameroon - northern provinces including Pitoa Region | 08/20/88 | 09/06/88 | 18 | 51 | 58,000 | $900,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 13,500 | Tpz | 562,900 | 21.7 | ||
| 1988-074 | Niger | Southern, eastern and western parts of Niger. Niger River. | 08/18/88 | 08/25/88 | 8 | 300,000 | Heavy rain | worst in 60 years | 2 | Tpz | 744,000 | 35.9 | ||||
| 1988-073 | Southern Pakistan | Sind Province - several dozens villages destroyed. Indus River | 08/18/88 | 08/25/88 | 8 | 200,000 | $117,924,528 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 33,000 | 3.8 | |||
| 1988-072 | Eastern China | Eastern Shandong Province - Yellow River flooded 33 villages | 08/23/88 | 08/24/88 | 2 | 10,000 | 1 | 33,184 | TsoCp | 16,810 | 0.9 | |||||
| 1988-071 | Western Mexico | Nayarit State - left bank of the Santiago river | 08/22/88 | 08/23/88 | 2 | 18 | 130,000 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tso | 2,220 | 0.3 | |||
| 1988-070 | Burkina Faso | Provinces: Bam, Yatenga, Seno, Soum, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Namentenga, Bazega, Houet, Kenedougou, Comoe, Kadiogo. Ndorola | 08/21/88 | 09/02/88 | 13 | 11 | 6,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 135,900 | 9.5 | ||||
| 1988-069 | Southern Nigeria | Rivers State - Port Harcourt city | 08/22/88 | 08/22/88 | 1 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 1,230 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1988-068 | Northern Uganda | "various parts of the northern region" | 08/11/88 | 08/25/88 | 15 | 5 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpz | 55,980 | 6.4 | |||||
| 1988-067 | Northeastern India and Nepal | Assam State - Bramputra Valley from from Dibrugarh to downtown Dhubri . Barak Valley. Districts: Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Sibsagar, Cachar, Karimganj, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Golaghat. Gauhati area. Bramaputra River and tributaries. -- Uttar Pradesh State - 12,373 villages. Ganges River and tributaries. -- Bihar State - 19 districts including Saharsa, Khagaria, Madhubani and Darbhanga. Ganges, Kosi, Bagmati, Adhwara, Burhi, Gandak rivers. -- West Bengal State - Balurghat and Dinajpur areas. Ganges and Churani rivers. -- Arunchal Pradesh State - -- Nepal --10 districts in southern plains. far-western seti zone. -- see also DFO-1988-035 | 08/23/88 | 09/15/88 | 24 | 876 | 2,000 | $15,200,000 | Monsoonal rain | See notes | 1 | 1,742,901 | ||||
