| Last updated 4:00 PM EST, December 12, 2000 by EKA (revised by av & sc, July 2003) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 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** |
Notes and Comments |
| 1993-099 | UK | Southern England - West Sussex and Kent .Towns: Polperro, Uckfield, Barnham, Lamberhurst area. Rivers: Pol, Uck, Tiese, the Lesser Tiese and the Beult | 12/30/93 | 12/31/1993 | 2 | 0 | 300 | worst flooding for 17 years of the River Pol | 1 | C | 5,370 | 0.5 | "The dampest winter in 12 years has left parts of southern England from Kent to Cornwall flooded after weeks of heavy rain" CAUSE: nd | ||||
| 1993-098 | Papua New Guinea | Central highlands, Chimbu Province | 12/29/93 | 12/30/1993 | 2 | 14 | 3,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 9,590 | 0.7 | "a fierce storm hit villages in the western highlands and chimbu province of papua new guinea (png) early today, leaving at least 14 people dead and more missing. " CAUSE:Heavy rains | ||||
| 1993-097 | Philippines -Typhoon Nell | Mindanao Island - Surigao del Norte province and Butuan City | 12/27/93 | 12/28/1993 | 2 | 6 | 12,000 | $7,400,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tpz | 1,260 | 0.2 | "Drownings were reported in Surigao del Norte province and Butuan City, which were hit by massive flooding that destroyed at least 208 million pesos (7.43 million dollars) worth of houses and public infrastructure" CAUSE:Typhoon rains | |||
| 1993-096 | Indonesia | Java Island -West Java province districts: Tanggerang, Serang and Lebak; Cidurian and Ciujung rivers | 12/26/93 | 12/27/1993 | 2 | 2 | 8,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpz | 4,050 | 0.4 | "At least two people were swept away by the floods water in Tanggerang district, while thousands of acres of farm plantations were seriously damaged." CAUSE:Torrential rains | ||||
| 1993-095 | Southern Israel | Dead Sea area. Eilat town. Ein Gedi nature reserve | 12/23/93 | 12/23/1993 | 1 | 2 | Heavy rain | "Although I've lived in the Negev for 25 years I have never seen such flooding." | 2 | Cs | 3,180 | 0.1 | "The rainfall that began overnight in southern Israel was equal to the average rain the area receives in a year. The flooding disrupted traffic on all the major highways in the south, cutting off the southern resort of Eilat." CAUSE:"Extraordinary rainfall" | ||||
| 1993-094 | Ukraine | Zakarpatskaya (Transcarpathia) region | 12/20/93 | 12/24/1993 | 5 | 5 | 25,000 | $159,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSse* | 4,260 | 1.1 | "The latest statistics released by the government's flood-relief committee also showed that 139 residential areas and 15,000 buildings have been inundated and large numbers of communication lines, roads and bridges destroyed." CAUSE:"three-day consecutive rains on december 20-22 throughout the region" | |||
| 1993-093 | Northeast Malaysia | Kelantan state - Kota Bahru, Pasir Mas, Tumpat, Kuala Krai. Other states affected were Trengganu, Pahang, Perak, Johore and Sabah. Padas River | 12/22/93 | 12/27/1993 | 6 | 23 | 20,000 | Monsoonal rain | "Malaysia's worst flooding in 13 years" | 1 | Tpz | 103,800 | 5.8 | "In and around the capital of Kelantan, Kota Bahru ... 26 villages and 25 roads have been flooded with water between 1.35 meter (4.42 feet) and 0.15 meter (0.5 feet), officials said. " CAUSE:Annual monsoon rains | |||
| 1993-092 | Western Europe | Southern Germany -- States: Saarland, Rheinland-Palatinate, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria. Cities: Koblenz, Trier, Saarbruecken, Nuremberg,, Cologne, Bonn, Heidelberg, Bad Kreuznach, Cochem. Rivers: Mosel, Saar, Rhine, Neckar, Aisch, Nahe. -- Northern France - Lorraine and Ardennes. Towns: Givet, Landrichamps, Lille, Picardy, Soissons, Compiegne. Rivers: Muese, Houille, Oise, Moselle, Aisne. Flooding spreads to central France by Dec 29 where the Seine and its tributaries, the Oise and Marne, flood areas around Compiegne and Paris -- Southern Belgium - Provinces: Limburg, Namur province. Sambre valley. Towns: Maaseik, . Rivers: Muese, Sambre. -- Netherlands - Provinces: Limburg and Gelderland. Maastricht, Roermond, Venlo, Rotterdam area. Muese River. -- Czech Republic -- 4 rivers overflow in theWest Bohemia area | 12/21/93 | 12/31/1993 | 11 | 11 | 48,000 | $1,142,000,000 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | Germnay -"worst in over 100 years" In Koblenz city biggest food in 200 years ... -- "worst in Germany since 1926" -- Belgium "worst floods for more than 60 years" -- Northern France "worst this century" | 2 | CpSe* | 261,100 | 24.5 | Germany "In Trier, near the border with Luxembourg, the Mosel reached 11.28 metres, its highest level in 200 years." ... "In Saarland ... the Saar River was more than 19 feet above normal, the highest since a devastating flood in May 1970. " ... "In the historic old town of Heidelberg, the Neckar river hit its high of the century overnight at 9.8 meters" ... "The Rhine swept to its greatest height in 67 years Thursday, flooding Cologne's old town," -- France "In Ardennes, northern France, the river Meuse rose to record levels of 5.05 metres, flooding half the town of Givet, close to the Belgian border, and cutting off neighbouring villages" -- Belgium "In southern Belgium whole areas had been transformed into mini lakes, as the governor of the Namur province said the Meuse had reached its highest level this century." -- Netherlands "The Rhine reached its highest level this century in Arnhem early Sunday, breaking a record set in 1926 by 12 centimetres" DAMAGE: Germany: 580,000,000 -- France: 510,000,000 -- Netherlands: 52,000,000 FATALITIES: Germany: 4 -- France: 4 -- Belgium: 1 -- Netherlands: 1 -- Czech: 1 DISPLACED: Germany: 25,000 -- France: 8000 -- Belgium: 2000 -- Netherlands: 13,000CAUSE:Several days of torrential rain and snowmelt HECTARES FLOODED: | |
| 1993-091 | Southern Thailand | Provinces: Trang, Yala, Narathiwat. Districts: Muang, Palian and Huai. Cities: Nakhorn Srithamarat, Trang | 12/16/93 | 12/29/1993 | 14 | 41 | 2,000 | $80,000,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpz | 42,420 | 5.4 | "trang province's districts of muang, palian and huai yot has begun to drop from 3-3.5 meters to 1-1.5 meters. travel between muang to kantang is severed because the strong current has washed away a section of road for almost half a kilometer." CAUSE:Week-long torrential rain | |||
| 1993-090 | Northwest Columbia | Antioquia province town of Dabeiba. Desmotadora River | 12/16/93 | 12/18/1993 | 3 | 35 | 150 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 1,950 | 0.5 | "The Desmotadora river flooded as the result of torrential rain that washed away at least 30 homes in the town of Dadeiba in a barrage of mud, rocks and debris" CAUSE:Heavy rains | ||||
| 1993-089 | Northeastern Sri Lanka | Districts in the Northern Jaffna peninsula: Batticaloa, Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura, Northern Mannar, Vavuniya and Trincomalee. More flooding on Dec 25 in Polonnaruwa, Gallella, Manampitiya and Yakurai areas | 12/15/93 | 12/27/1993 | 13 | 500,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | Tpz | 24,700 | 8.1 | "about 100,000 families now rendered homeless due to floods in sri lanka's northern, eastern and north central districts, social services authorities here said today. the eastern district of batticaloa is the worst hit with its entire coastal belt going under water, they said noting that at least 35,000 families remained homeless there alone" CAUSE:"Unprecedented rains" | |||||
| 1993-088 | Costa Rica and Panama | Central and Eastern Costa Rica - Districts: Alamancha, Limon, Matinia, Paraiso, Turrialba, Sarapiqui, Siquirres, Talamanca. -- Panama -Bocas del Toro | 12/9/93 | 12/12/1993 | 4 | 4 | 17,000 | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpo | 14,330 | 1.7 | Costa Rica "THE SAN JOSE- LIMON HIGHWAY (BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AND THE MAJOR PORT) IS ALSO FLOODED. SEVERAL BRIDGES HAVE BEEN SWEPT AWAY AND MANY BANANA PLANTATIONS ARE INUNDATED BY UP TO 2 METERS OF WATER" DAMAGE: Panama: millions FATALITIES: 4 DISPLACED: Costa Rica: 15,000 -- Panama: 2000CAUSE:Heavy rains causing floods and landslides | ||
| 1993-087 | Peru | Departments: Junin, Huancavelica, Pasco, Apurimac, Huanuco, . Districts: Huayucachi, El Tambo, Chupaca and Chilca. Ancash region. Towns: Tingo Maria, Huancayo. Rivers: Huallaga River | 12/8/93 | 12/15/1993 | 8 | 5,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 162,300 | 8.4 | "torrential rains and floods have stricken nearly all parts of peru, causing serious damage to houses and crops" ... ""Flooding rivers and landslides swept away 1,050 homes in the Amazon jungle and Andes Mountains of Peru as the South American country's rainy season got underway. End date approximateCAUSE:Heavy rainfalls which normally appear in february and march have arrived early | |||||
| 1993-086 | China | Inner Mongolia - Several towns in Dengkou County, Yellow River | 12/7/93 | 12/15/1993 | 9 | 5,200 | Ice jam/break-up | 1 | Tpz | 12,100 | 2.4 | "The waters toppled at least 80 houses and flooded 1,250 others" End date approximateCAUSE:Ice Jam flood | |||||
| 1993-085 | Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand- Typhoons Lola and Manny | Philippines (Lola followed by Manny) -- Southeastern Luzon Island - Camarines Sur province, Naga city, Naga River. Catanduanes Island. Marinduque Island. Mindoro Island. Samar Island. -- Southern Vietnam (Lola) - Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan provinces. -- Southern Thailand (Manny) - Phatthalung Province; Nakhon Si Thammarat | 12/5/93 | 12/13/1993 | 9 | 353 | 598,000 | $5,700,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | 27,500 | Tpz | 46,900 | 4.8 | Philippines - "Typhoon Lola alone killed 230 people, left 583,000 persons homeless and damaged crops, infrastructure and livestock worth 574 million pesos" -- Vietnam -"The typhoon damaged more than 8,000 houses and 200 schools in Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan provinces. It destroyed 16,500 hectares of corn, cassava, and tobacco, and flooded more than 11,000 hectares of rice" DAMAGE: Vietnam: 4,500,000 -- Thailand: 1,300,000 FATALITIES: Philippines: 275 -- Vietnam: 78 DISPLACED: Philippines: 583,000 -- Vietnam: 15,000CAUSE:Typhoon rains HECTARES FLOODED: Vietnam: 27,500 ha | ||
| 1993-084 | Southeastern India | Tamil Nadu State - Northern coastal areas including Pondicherry and Madras. more than 60 coastal villages submerged. | 12/4/93 | 12/15/1993 | 12 | 70 | 45,000 | $216,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tpz | 7,960 | 2.2 | "The storm brought torrential rains that triggered flash floods, landslides and house collapses ... Vast tracts of farmland were inundated" ... "In Pondicherry ... the overflowing Sattanur Dam swamped residential areas, forcing hundreds to flee" End date approximateCAUSE:Typhoon rains | |||
| 1993-083 | Central Philippines | Leyte Island - Province of Leyte - Abuyog town and surrounding villages: villages of Buaya, Malagincay, Buhay, Latoc, Budburon, Hampipila, Mahagna, Mahaplag | 11/29/93 | 12/1/1993 | 3 | 27 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 360 | 0.2 | "16 houses were washed away late Wednesday in several villages in Abuyog town, 350 miles south of Manila after heavy rains pounded the remote mountain area for two days" CAUSE:Flashfloods caused by heavy rains | ||||
| 1993-082 | Southern Thailand | Provinces: Nakorn Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Songkhla | 11/27/93 | 12/2/1993 | 6 | 11 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpz | 56,410 | 4.3 | "more than 70 roads and thousands of acres of farmland in five southern provinces are also inundated from three days of torrential rain" CAUSE:Torrential rain | |||||
| 1993-081 | Southern Iran | Province of Khuzestan - city of Andimeshk and 10 surrounding villages | 11/29/93 | 11/30/1993 | 2 | 3 | $580,000 | 1 | Cs | 980 | 0.2 | "the flood surrounded 10 villages, killing 1,000 livestock and damaging several bridges. the flood destroyed many residential units, farmland and roads" CAUSE: nd | |||||
| 1993-080 | Cuba | Provinces: Guantanamo, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin | 11/24/93 | 11/28/1993 | 5 | 30 | 51,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | 8,000 | Tpo | 19,320 | 2.2 | ||||
| 1993-079 | US Midwest | Eastern and Southern Missouri - Counties: Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Howell, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Oregon, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Francois, St. Louis, Shannon and Wayne. Towns: Elvins, West Plains, Flat River, Fredericktown, Ellington Rivers: Castor, Little Mulberry Creek, North Fork, Howell Creek, Meramec, Gasconade, St. Francis and Big Piney. -- Central and Southern Illinois. | 11/13/93 | 11/16/1993 | 4 | 5 | 600 | "I've been here about 52 years and this is the worst I've ever seen. It's just unbelievable how fast the water came up," | 2 | TsuCpSe* | 33,630 | 5.1 | "There was up to 6 feet of water in some areas" ... "Up to 6 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours near Fredericktown in southeast Missouri"CAUSE: nd | ||||
| 1993-078 | Southeastern India | Tamil Nadu State - flooding in 12 districts including Udhagamandalam | 11/10/93 | 11/14/1993 | 5 | 95 | 1 | Tpz | - | ||||||||
| 1993-077 | Indonesia | North Sumatra - Riau Province. Regencies: Labuhan Batu, Deli Serdang and Langkat.Town: Pekanbaru. Upper Siak River | 11/3/93 | 11/16/1993 | 14 | 5 | 3,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpz | 44,230 | 5.6 | "Floods which have swept through the eastern Sumatra province of Riau in Indonesia for the past two weeks have damaged about 3,000 houses. At least three people were killed in the first week of flooding, triggered by heavy rains which caused the upper Siak River to overflow." CAUSE:Torrential rains | ||||
| 1993-076 | Mexico | Baja California Sur - areas of San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas | 11/4/93 | 11/6/1993 | 3 | 10,000 | $30,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 1,660 | 0.4 | |||||
| 1993-075 | Hong Kong | Kowloon, New Territories, Lantau Island, Hong Kong Island | 11/4/93 | 11/15/1993 | 12 | 2 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tszo | 1,100 | 0.8 | "The Royal Observatory said nearly 20 inches (500 mm) or rain was recorded overnight on outlying Lantau Island, where a taxi driver became lost in the downpour and drove his vehicle into a river" End date approximateCAUSE:Two days of heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Ira | |||||
| 1993-074 | Honduras | Provinces: Yoro, Colon, Atlantida. Atlantic Coast cities: Bonita Oriental, Tela, La Ceiba, Tocoa. Rivers: Aguan, Tocoa, Lean, Cerro Azul | 10/31/93 | 11/3/1993 | 4 | 174 | 15,000 | $6,500,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpo | 6,650 | 1.1 | "entire families were missing in Tocoa, 300 miles north of the capital, where swollen rivers washed away entire villages and buried homes under tons of sand and silt." CAUSE:Torrential downpours | |||
| 1993-073 | France - Corsica | Southern Corsica - three villages north of Porto Vecchio. Sainte Lucie and Propriano regions. Bonifacio. Cavo and Conca rivers | 10/31/93 | 11/2/1993 | 3 | 4 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | TsuCs | 1,690 | 0.5 | "The Cavo and Conca rivers cut off roads, knocked out electricity and flooded dozens of houses in three villages north of Porto Vecchio, on the southern end of this French Mediterranean island" CAUSE:Flash floods | |||||
| 1993-072 | Algeria | Relisan province - Oued-Rhiou city. Flooding also reported in provices of Chlef and Tiarette. | 10/19/93 | 10/20/1993 | 2 | 22 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 39,700 | 1.4 | ||||||
| 1993-071 | Southern India | Karnataka State - | 10/11/93 | 10/21/1993 | 11 | 35 | 40,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpz | - | "The rains that have been lashing Karnataka for more than 10 days sparked floods which destroyed roads, crops and hundreds of houses across 250 villages, forcing some 40,000 people to flee to safer areas" CAUSE:Torrential rains | |||||
| 1993-070 | South Africa | Northern Natal Province - Umfolozi delta region - Umfolozi River | 10/6/93 | 10/8/1993 | 3 | 12 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 5,890 | 0.8 | "Heavy rainfall caused flooding in drought-stricken areas that left four people missing and dozens homeless, ... At least eight inches of rain fell this week in the northern Natal Province where the Umfolozi River overflowed its banks... " CAUSE:Heavy rainfall | ||||
| 1993-069 | Trinidad & Tobago | Western Trinidad - Port of Spain area | 10/5/93 | 10/5/1993 | 1 | 5 | Brief torrential rain | See notes | 1 | Tpo | 1,170 | 0.0 | "Five persons died as between 60 and 100 mm of rain pelted the northwest and west of Trinidad shortly after noon today. The rains fell for two hours swelling rivers, causing landslides, blocking roads and felling trees." CAUSE:"Freak thundershowers triggered heavy flooding and mudslides" | ||||
| 1993-068 | Central Vietnam | Phu Yen Province - Tuy Hoa town (54 dead throughout the province). -- Binh Thuan Province - Phan Thiet, Muong Man River. -- flooding also reported in other provices: Quang Tri, Da Nang, Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Darlac and Binh Thuan | 10/2/93 | 10/12/1993 | 11 | 122 | 15,000 | $50,000,000 | Brief torrential rain | Phu Yen -"the worst since 1902" | 3 | 23,500 | Tpz | 29,440 | 12.3 | "the rains, the heaviest so far this century with downpours of up to 1,044 millimeters, caused floods which completely paralyzed transportation and communications in the province." "weeklong flash floods last week 'crippled four provinces on the central Vietnamese coast.'" CAUSE:Several days of torrential rain -- HECTARES FLOODED: Phu Yen - 3,500 ha -- Binh Thuan - 20,000 ha | |
| 1993-067 | Philippines - Tropical Storm Flo / Kadiang | Central and northern Luzon Island - Provinces: Pampanga, Pangasinan, Nueva Vizcaya, Cagayan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Bataan, Zambales. Towns: Floridablanca, Bagabag, Calumpit, Hagonoy, Pulilan, Paombong, San Simon, San Luis, Candaba and Arayat. Rivers: Angat, Pampanga, Candaba. | 10/4/93 | 10/12/1993 | 9 | 57 | 300,000 | $6,790,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | "worst flooding in the province (Bulacan) since the 1960s" | 2 | Tpz | 35,870 | 8.3 | "Widespread flooding was reported throughout central and northern Luzon, the Philippines' main island." ... "Dozens of villages in Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales provinces around Pinatubo were buried in water swollen by volcanic debris"CAUSE:Continuous heavy rains causing flooding and landslides -Flo struck the main island of Luzon twice | |
| 1993-066 | Southeast Australia | Victoria State - northern and central area. agricultural area which includes the towns of Benalla and Wangarratta. -- New South Wales State. | 10/3/93 | 10/15/1993 | 13 | 2,000 | $3,000,000 | Brief torrential rain | "worst flooding to hit north-east Victoria state in 50 years" | 2 | Cp | 4,160 | 3.3 | "the northern and central victoria has been flooded since last night, causing millions of dollars damage, ... the floods caused by torrential rain have blocked highways, deluged houses and cars, with many people having lost everything. ... reports said that the floods, believed to be the largest in years, also hit part of the new south wales state" End date approximateCAUSE:Torrential rain | |||
| 1993-065 | Northern Iran | Gilan province - regions of Chaboksar, Kelachai, Rudsar, and the port cities of Anzali and Astara were flooded | 10/2/93 | 10/3/1993 | 2 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cs | 7,200 | 0.6 | |||||||
| 1993-064 | Eastern Mexico | States of Veracruz, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi. Cities: Tampico, Altamira and Veracruz | 9/28/93 | 9/29/1993 | 2 | 100,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | Panuco River in Veracruz -- at its highest level in 40 years | 1 | Tso | 13,900 | 0.8 | "Heavy rain caused the River Panuco to overflow its banks, forcing as many as 12,000 people from their homes in the Gulf coast states of Tamaulipas and Veracruz. ... In Tampico, there were fears that the water could rise as high as it did in 1955 when flooding reached 6 feet in the city center"CAUSE:Heavy rain continues after Hurricane Gert | |||
| 1993-063 | Hong Kong - Typhoon Dot | Northern part of the New Territories -Villages: Sik Wu, Tin Ping and Siu Hang. Shenzhen River | 9/27/93 | 9/28/1993 | 2 | 1,200 | Brief torrential rain | "worst in the past few decades" | 2 | Tszo | 280 | 0.2 | "more than 300 milimeters fell in the past 72 hours, twice the average rainfall for the whole of september" CAUSE:Torrential rain | ||||
| 1993-062 | US Midwest | Northeast Oklahoma - Ottawa County Towns: Miami, Wyandotte, Quapaw, Commerce. Tar Creek, Spring and Neosh rivers. -- Southwestern Missouri - Barton, St. Charles, St. Louis, Stone, Taney and Greene Counties. Jefferson City. Towns: Marthasville, Mexico, Valley Park. Rivers: Big River south of St Louis; Missouri River, Tuque Creek, Gravois Creek, South Fork of the Salt River, Cuivre River at Troy, Meramec River, James River. -- Southeastern Kansas - Crawford County. Towns: Girard, Pittsburg. Cow Creek. -- Illinois - Illinois River at Kampsville, Alexander County | 9/22/93 | 9/28/1993 | 7 | 2,500 | Brief torrential rain | Kansas - "Not in my 29-year career have I ever seen anything like this in Pittsburg," -- record crest on Spring River at Quapaw. | 2 | TsuCpSe* | 31,700 | 6.9 | "Sandbaggers returned to duty and people still recovering from the summer's floods faced new evacuations and road closings brought on by colossal amounts of rain in parts of Missouri and Kansas on Friday" -- "Just northeast of Miami, the rain sent the Spring River to a record crest of 48 feet, 28 feet above flood stage, at Quapaw, Okla" CAUSE:Torrential rains | ||||
| 1993-061 | Southern France, Northern Italy and Switzerland | France - Five provinces along Mediterranean coast. Regions: Bouches-du-Rhone, Vaucluse, Savoie, Drome. Towns: Vaison-la-Romaine, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Pertuis, Toulouse, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Valreas, Bollene. Rivers: Arc, Garonne, Lez, Rhone. -- Italy - Regions: Liguria, Piedmont, Lombardy and Valle d'Aosta. Genoa area. Areas of Como and Maggore Lakes. Udine city, Ivrea, Saona, Como, Turin, Valle d'Aosta, Aosta, Piedmont, Livorno. -- Switzerland - town of Brig near Italian border; Lake Maggiore in Locarno and Ascona. | 9/22/93 | ||||||||||||||
