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1991 Global Register of Major Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column
DFO #	Country	Detailed Locations	Rivers	Began	Ended	Duration (days)	Dead	Displaced	Damage (USD)	Main cause	Secoary cause	Recurrence Interval (anecdotal)	Severity Class*	Hectares flooded	Hayden Code	Affected Region ( sq km)	Flood Magnitude**	MODIS flood inuation limit file names***	Notes and Comments
123	Malaysia	Coastal districts		24-Dec-91	30-Dec-91	7	11			Heavy rain			1		TsuCs	67,100	5.0
122	Lebanon	Beirut, Central Bekaa Valley		23-Dec-91	28-Dec-91	6	1	2,000		Heavy rain		4	1		Tpz	10,180	1.8
121	USA	Texas - Wharton	Colorado, Brazos, Guadalupe, Trinity	18-Dec-91	31-Dec-91	14	15	1,800	$           8,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tpz	7,420	2.3		Floods swamped farmland, drowned scores of livestock.
120	Indonesia	Central Sumatra - Riau		16-Dec-91	22-Dec-91	7	2	100,000	$           1,500,000	Heavy rain			1		Tsu	92,250	5.9		80 villages submerged.
119	USA	Hawaii - Northeastern Kauai	Anahola	14-Dec-91	16-Dec-91	3	3	200	$           7,100,000	Heavy rain			1		Tpz	1,320	0.4		15.33 inches of rain in 24 hrs.
118	Sri Lanka	Batticaloa District		12-Dec-91	15-Dec-91	4		10,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	1,890	0.6		Flooding and mudslides.  Rice and other crops damaged.
117	French Polynesia	Moorea Island		11-Dec-91	12-Dec-91	2	2			Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	110	0.1		Flooding and mudslides.
116	Iran	Western Iran Provinces - Bushehr, Larestan		7-Dec-91	11-Dec-91	5	22			Heavy rain	Dam/Levy, break or release		1		Cs	336,700	9.3
115	Egypt	Sidi Abdel-Qadar		5-Dec-91	6-Dec-91	2		6,000		Dam/Levy, break or release			1		TsuCs	3,170	0.4		Irrigation Dam cracked, flooding the village.
114	USA	West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio	Tennessee	2-Dec-91	3-Dec-91	2	4			Heavy rain			1		TsuCpse*	210,400	3.2
113	Indonesia	Sumatra - Aceh		30-Nov-91	2-Dec-91	3				Heavy rain			1		Tpz	54,660	2.6		1 meter flood waters.
112	Brazil	Santa Catarina		16-Nov-91	17-Nov-91	2	12	10,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	94,630	2.1
111	India	States - Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka		13-Nov-91	18-Nov-91	6	90	85,000	$           3,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tpo	599,600	13.9		Damage to standing crops.
110	Philippines - Typhoon Uring	Leyte		5-Nov-91	8-Nov-91	4	6315	28,000	$         14,630,000	Tropical cyclone		50	2		Tpz	20,700	4.0		Flooding and landslides.
109	Philippines - Typhoon Ruth	Luzon Provinces - Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino, Benguet, Abra, Kalinga-Apayao		28-Oct-91	29-Oct-91	2	43	165,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	54,780	1.6
108	Italy	Sicily, Tuscany, Venice	Arno	13-Oct-91	15-Oct-91	3	17			Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	52,840	2.5		Cracks in dikes in Sicily and near Pisa, in Tuscany, forced some evacuations.
107	Japan - Typhoon Orchid	Chiba Prefecture, Fukushima		12-Oct-91	13-Oct-91	2		100		Extra-tropical cyclone			1		TsoCp	29,060	1.2		Flooding and landslides.
106	USA	Florida - Miami, Fort Lauderdale		8-Oct-91	13-Oct-91	6			$           1,000,000	Heavy rain			1		TsoCp	10,410	1.8		14 inches of rain in 2 days.
105	Turkey	Istanbul - Esenyurt District		6-Oct-91	7-Oct-91	2	6			Heavy rain			1		CpSe	3,490	0.4		Many homes destroyed.
104	Iran	Yasuj Area		5-Oct-91	6-Oct-91	2	12			Heavy rain			1	6,900	Cs	49,660	1.5		Considerable damage to crops and flocks - 400 head of cattle killed and 6,900 hectares of farmland ruined.
103	Bangladesh	Sirajganj District	Padma	28-Sep-91	29-Sep-91	2		50,000		Dam/Levy, break or release	Monsoonal rain		1		Tszo	2,440	0.3		The flooding Padma River washed away part of a flood barrier.
102	Japan - Typhoon Mireille	Kyushu - Nagasaki State Honshu - Aomori Prefecture Hokkaido		27-Sep-91	30-Sep-91	4	52	500		Extra-tropical cyclone		20	1		TsoCp	141,700	5.2		Deadliest typhoon since 1971.  The typhoon capsized or washed away 42 boats, smashed or destroyed 117 homes, damaged 20,779 homes and buildings and flooded 10,665 others.
101	Britain	Lincolnshire, Midlands, Suffolk, Hampshire, Kent, West Sussex, Thames Valley, Bedfordshire, Dorset		26-Sep-91	27-Sep-91	2				Brief torrential rain			1		Cp	35,830	1.3		Flash floods and minor landslides.
100	Japan - Typhoon Luke	Honshu Prefectures - Kanagawa, Aichi, Mie, Chiba, Saitama		19-Sep-91	22-Sep-91	4	8	200		Extra-tropical cyclone			1		TsoCp	52,830	3.2		Downpours flooded 28,537 homes, 37 of which were destroyed, mainly in Aichi and areas north of Tokyo.  Flooding triggered. 644 landslides.
99	Vietnam	Southern Provinces: An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An, Tien Giang, Kien Giang	Mekong	19-Sep-91	25-Sep-91	7	55	21,000		Heavy rain		15	1	90,000	Tpz	20,790	2.8		85,000 acres of subsidiary crops with 32,000 tons of rice destroyed.
98	India	West Bengal State		14-Sep-91	15-Sep-91	2	21		$         40,000,000	Monsoonal rain			1			91,960	2.1		Flash floods.  $40 million in property destruction - 35,000 houses damaged.
97	USA	Texas - Rio Grande Valley, Real County	Rio Grande, Nueces, Frio, Medina, Sabinal	14-Sep-91	16-Sep-91	3				Heavy rain			1		Tsu	70,880	2.9		Frio River 20 ft above flood stage.
96	Bangladesh	Districts - Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Pabna, Naogaon, Natore, Kushtia, Rajbari, Faridpur, Madaripur, Dinajpur, Sirajganj, Nilphamari, Manikganj	Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Mahanada, Jamuneshwar	11-Sep-91	17-Sep-91	7	112	1,000,000		Monsoonal rain			1		Tszo	63,030	4.9		25,000 mud-and-straw houses have been destroyed and 35,000 partially damaged.  106 bridges damaged.
95	Japan - Typhoon Kinna	Kyushu - Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Saga, Magasaki, Fukuoka Western Honshu		10-Sep-91	14-Sep-91	5	9	80		Extra-tropical cyclone			1		TsoCp	152,000	6.3
94	Philippines	Luzon: Zambales Province - San Marcelino		7-Sep-91	8-Sep-91	2		10,000		Monsoonal rain			1	400,000	Tszo	400	0.1		Flooding and mudflows.
93	Thailand	Northern Thailand: Chiang Rai Province - Mae Salui		5-Sep-91	8-Sep-91	4	16	2,000	$           6,400,000	Heavy rain			1