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| 1995 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 | Secondary cause | Recurrence Interval (anecdotal) | Severity Class* | Hectares flooded | Hayden Code | Affected Region ( sq km) | Flood Magnitude** | MODIS flood
inundation limit file names*** |
Notes and Comments |
| 1996-3 | Brazil | Central and Southern Brazil: Sao Paulo, Sao Jose dos Campos, Rio de Janeiro, Bauru, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul | Tiete | 25-Dec-95 | 8-Jan-96 | 15 | 100 | 30,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,408,000 | 32.1 | Floods and landslides. | ||||||
| 1996-2 | Romania | North: Transylvania, Moldova, Maramures, Cluj, Neamt Central: Mures, Alba, Hunedoara, Bacau South: Arad |
Bistritza, Aries, Somesh, Cris | 28-Dec-95 | 7-Jan-96 | 11 | 2 | 19,000 | $ 12,000,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 25 | 2 | 70,000 | 187,000 | 20.7 | Heaviest snowfall since 1970 followed by melting and rain. 170,000 acres of farmland flooded, also 220 villiages and 300 miles of road. Property damage and losses exceeding those of the 1970 flood disaster in Romania. 4,000 houses in northwestern Romania washed away, thousands in southern Romania taken to safer areas. 75% of the country affected. |
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| 1996-1 | South Africa | Kwazulu Natal province - Pietermaritzburg | Msunduze, Slangspruit | 25-Dec-95 | 2-Jan-96 | 9 | 157 | 2,000 | $ 600,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 26,830 | 3.6 | 70 mm of rain in less than 30 min on 12/25. Entire squatter camps washed out. |
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| 112 | Philippines | Luzon Provinces: Aurora, Cagayan, Isabela | Cagayan | 24-Dec-95 | 27-Dec-95 | 4 | 18 | 6,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 19,780 | 1.9 | Flooding and landslides. Worst flooding in this area in recent years. | |||||
| 111 | United Arab Emerites | Fujaira | 19-Dec-95 | 2-Jan-96 | 15 | 4,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 2,990 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| 110 | Philippines | Mindanao: Davao Province | 10-Dec-95 | 16-Dec-95 | 7 | 12 | 9,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | Tpu | 6,970 | 1.6 | 9,000 left homeless. | ||||||
| 109 | Canada | British Columbia | Tulameen, Similkameen | 29-Nov-95 | 7-Dec-95 | 9 | Rain and snowmelt | 100 | 3 | Tpz | 31,440 | 11.7 | |||||||
| 108 | United States | Washington, Oregon | Skagit, Snohomish, Cowlitz | 28-Nov-95 | 10-Dec-95 | 13 | 2 | 15,000 | $ 100,000,000 | Rain and snowmelt | 100 | 3 | Tpz | 111,700 | 25.7 | Flooding of the Cowlitz River was the worst in southwestern Washington in over 100 years. Cowlitz crested at 31 ft (8 ft above flood stage). | |||
| 107 | Bangladesh | Bay of Bengal region: Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna | Chunkuri, Hogla | 10-Nov-95 | 13-Nov-95 | 4 | 45 | Tropical cyclone | Tidal surge | 1 | 3,000 | CpSe* | 20,680 | 2.0 | |||||
| 106 | Somalia | Mogadishu | 4-Nov-95 | 7-Nov-95 | 4 | 20 | 300 | Heavy rain | 5 | 1 | Tso | 6,310 | 1.1 | Hundreds left homeless. Refugee camps flooded. | |||||
| 105 | Turkey | Izmir Province | 4-Nov-95 | 8-Nov-95 | 5 | 62 | 4,800 | Heavy rain | 56 | 2 | Tpz | 14,860 | 3.9 | Thousands of tons of cotton ruined. | |||||
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | 4-Nov-95 | 5-Nov-95 | 2 | 5 | see notes | Heavy rain | 30 | 2 | 50,000 | TsuCpSs** | 34,500 | 2.6 | Losses estimated at SR150 million. Major infrastructure damage. | ||||
| 103 | Philippines - Typhoon Angela, Tropical Storm Zach | Luzon (Quezon), Negros, Panay, Cebu | 28-Oct-95 | 5-Nov-95 | 9 | 765 | 766,000 | $ 95,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 11 | 1 | Tpz | 209,700 | 10.1 | Typhoon Angela (Luzon).
Strongest since 1984. Tropical Storm Zach (Negros, Panay, Cebu). Flooding and landslides. |
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| 102 | India | Andhra Pradesh State | 20-Oct-95 | 23-Oct-95 | 4 | 94 | 12,000 | $ 2,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | 262,800 | 7.1 | Over 3,000 houses destroyed. Extensive crop damage. | ||||||
| 101 | Azerbaijan | Deveci, Siazon | 13-Oct-95 | 12-Nov-95 | 31 | 5 | 5,200 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cs | 14,040 | 4.1 | |||||||
| 100 | United States - Tropical Storm Roxanne | Florida: Southern Counties - Hendry, Martin, Palm Beach, St. Lucie | Peace, Myakka | 13-Oct-95 | 28-Oct-95 | 16 | 600 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 34,850 | 5.2 | Tropical Storm Roxanne and other fronts. 20 inches of rain in 24 hrs. |
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| 99 | Mexico - Hurricane Roxanne | Sates: Yucatan (Cozumel, Merida), Campeche, Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo | 12-Oct-95 | 19-Oct-95 | 8 | 17 | 70,000 | $ 60,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tpz | 225,000 | 9.9 | Hurricane Roxanne. Cattle and banana businesses seriously damaged. |
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| 98 | Panama | Provinces: Los Santos, Panama | 10-Oct-95 | 20-Oct-95 | 11 | 1 | 500 | $ 7,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 13,740 | 2.8 | ||||||
| 97 | Costa Rica | Guanacaste Province | Tempisque | 6-Oct-95 | 9-Nov-95 | 35 | 22,500 | $ 6,300,000 | Tropical cyclone | 40 | 2 | 5,800 | 11,550 | 7.6 | Worst hit central american country this hurricane season. Rainfall 80% above average yearly
level. 1,844 hectares of rice fields swamped, so rice will have to be imported at a high cost. |
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| 96 | Benin | Mono, Zou | Mono | 10-Oct-95 | 9-Nov-95 | 31 | 57,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 18,120 | 4.6 | |||||||
| 95 | Sri Lanka | Districts: Ratnapura, Kegalle | 9-Oct-95 | 12-Oct-95 | 4 | 6 | 1,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 5,270 | 1.0 | Ratnapura: 124.5 mm of rain in one day - average daily rainfall is 14.4 mm. | ||||||
| 94 | Philippines - Typhoon Mameng | Pampanga Province | 9-Oct-95 | 26-Oct-95 | 18 | 100 | 450,000 | $ 80,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | TsuCpSe* | 7,280 | 2.5 | Typhoon Mameng. Flooding and mudslides. $80 million in fishpond and poultry farm losses. |
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| 93 | Vietnam - Typhoons Angela and Zack | Provinces: Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Quang Nam-Danang, Quang Tri, Quang Binh | 8-Oct-95 | 15-Nov-95 | 39 | 253 | 212,000 | $ 90,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | CpSe* | 26,970 | 6.0 | Typhoon Angela, Zack. Flooding and mudslides. 23,400 hectares of rice fields rendered unable to be harvested; 56,885 additonal hectares submerged or damaged. |
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| 92 | United States - Hurricane Opal | Western Florida: Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf,
Franklin Southern Alabama: Escambia, Conecuh Northwestern Georgia North Carolina |
Blackwater, Yellow, Chattahoochee | 4-Oct-95 | 8-Oct-95 | 5 | 19 | 100,000 | $ 1,800,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 26 | 2 | TsoCp | 203,500 | 14.5 | Hurricane Opal. Third costliest storm in U.S. history. Worst storm since Hurricane Camille in 1969. Blackwater River in Florida crested at 14-15 ft above flood stage. |
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| 91 | Nicaragua - Hurricane Roxanne | Chinandega, Rivas | Guasable, Negro, Villanueva | 1-Oct-95 | 19-Oct-95 | 19 | 38 | 22,000 | Heavy rain | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tso | 10,840 | 3.1 | Hurricane Roxanne. | ||||
| 90 | Mexico - Hurricane Opal | States: Campeche, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Chiapas | 30-Sep-95 | 2-Oct-95 | 3 | 10 | 100,000 | $ 300,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tpo | 196,500 | 4.9 | Hurricane Opal. 300 cattle killed. Hundreds of millions of dollars of agriculture and livestock losses. |
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| 89 | Cuba - Hurricanes Opal and Roxanne | Pinar del Rio | Cuyaguateje | 29-Sep-95 | 30-Sep-95 | 2 | |||||||||||||
