Last updated 4:00 PM EST, February 14, 2001 by EKA (Revised by av & sc, July 2003)
2000 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column
DFO #	Country	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
2000-102	Central and southern Croatia and Yugoslavia	Central and southern Croatia - Coastal towns of Senj and Otocac. Neretva river at town of Metkovic. -- Yugoslavia - Montenegro Republic. Zeta River in Danilovgrad and surrounding towns. Cetinje, Kotor.	12/28/00	12/30/00	3		2,000		Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	1,050	0.4	Croatia -"In the southern part of the country, around the town of Metkovic, 490 kilometers south of Zagreb, the Neretva river flooded some hundred houses and devastated vegetable plantations" Montenegro -"The rising level of the Zeta River swamped sections of Danilovgrad and other towns in the area, forcing residents to evacuate more than 400 homes. " DISPLACED: Croatia: nd -- Yugoslavia: 2000CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-101	Sri Lanka - Cyclone	Districts of Ampara, Batticaloa, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Mannar and Polonnaruwa.	12/24/00	12/28/00	5	5	300,000		Monsoonal rain			1	20,000	Tpz	13,730	1.9	"The coastal districts of Ampara and Batticaloa were already underwater when the cyclone brought more rain on Tuesday..." CAUSE:Heavy monsoon rains and cyclone rains HECTARES FLOODED: 20,000 hectares of rice fields submerged
2000-100	Northern Australia	Northwestern Queensland near border with Northern Territory - Gulf of Carpentaria area; Cape York Peninsula; Barkly Highway. Towns: Doomadgee, Gregory, Burketown, Camooweal, Mt Isa, Karumba, Normanton. Rivers: Georgina, Flinders, Thompson, Barcoo, Burke, Diamantina, Albert, Gregory, Norman.	12/15/00	01/09/01	26		300	$24,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tsu	225,500	15.5	12/20 "Widespread flooding affecting almost half of Queensland had already cost the state $24 million, mostly in road damage" -- 12/27 " vast swathes of Australia's north is under water as a result of seasonal rains known as The Wet"CAUSE:Seasonal rains and floods arrive early
2000-099	Southeastern Brazil	States of Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul. Outskirts of Belo Horizonte, hills surrounding the port city of Santos, Alto Feliz	12/17/00	12/26/00	10	13	2,000		21	See notes		1		Tpo	578,300	17.5	"Worst hit was Espirito Santo where seven people were killed by mudslides that swept through hillside shantytowns" CAUSE:Floods and mudslides triggered by two days of heavy rain
2000-098	Philippines	Northern Panay Island - Capiz province	12/08/00	12/11/00	4	11	55,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	2,200	0.7	"Although the chest-deep floodwaters had receded slightly, many areas remained without electricity and rescuers had to use rubber boats, rowing boats and even military helicopters to pick up villagers who were stranded in their homes."  -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Strong rains brought about by a tropical depression
2000-097	Indonesia	Sumbawa Island - West Nusa Tenggara province - Taliwang subdistrict.	12/03/00	12/06/00	4	9	3,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes	"biggest in 50 years"	2		Tpz	590	0.7	"Flash floods triggered by two days of incessant rains inundated Taliwang subdistrict, Sumbawa district, last night, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents to safer areas" CAUSE:Flash floods triggered by two days of incessant rains
2000-096	Indonesia	Northern Sulawesi Island: Manado city. Minahasa district. Kaima village. Sario, Dendengan and Tondano rivers.	11/30/00	12/03/00	4	14	30,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	6,250	1.1	"Days of monsoon rains caused the city's three rivers to burst their banks late Thursday,"  -- No suitable Landsat7 data located as of 12/20CAUSE:Floods triggered by days of heavy rains
2000-095	Northern Tanzania	Mwanza city. Mabatini, Nyakato, Uhuru, Rufiji and Mlango Mmoja. Mirongo River. Gonja and Kirinjiko villages in the Kilimanjaro Region	12/01/00	12/31/00	31	3,600			Heavy rain		"worst in 10 years" ... "It was the first time in memory that such heavy flooding hit the region"	1		Tpz	18,960	4.7	"More than two hours of heavy rainfall on Friday caused the Mirongo River to swell on the outskirts of the Lake Victoria port of Mwanza and caught emergency services by surprise"  -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Flash floods following a heavy rainstorm
2000-094	Iran	Southwest, southern, central and northern regions - Provinces: Khuzistan, Lorestan, Ghilan. cities: Khoramabad, Ahwaz, Bandar-e-Anzali Caspian. Several towns south of Tehran were flooded, including a town in the foothills of the Alborz mountains	11/30/00	12/02/00	3				Brief torrential rain			1		Cs	83,730	3.2	"Torrential rains have brought flooding throughout Iran, ending the country's longest drought in 30 years"  -- No suitable Landsat7 data located as of 12/5CAUSE: Torrential rains
2000-093	Southern Philippines - Tropical storm Rumbia	Wide areas of Mindanao and the central Philippines - Visayasislands.	11/30/00	12/03/00	4	12	70,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	14,310	1.7	"At least 1,643 people were forced to flee their homes by rising floodwaters and big waves that threatened coastal villages in northern Mindanao"CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-092	Southern Somalia	Southern Lower and Middle Jubba regions. Main Jubba River.	11/20/00			0	150,000		Heavy rain			1	3,000	Tpz	51,400		"the main Jubba river started bursting its banks in the past few days... the river has already flooded about 60 villages, and large areas of farmland around them "  -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-091	Indonesia, Northern Malaysia and Southern Thailand	Indonesia - Northern Sumatra: provinces: West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Aceh, Jambi. Districts: Pesisir Selatan, Tanah Datar, Pasaman, Dairi, Bireun, Batangkapas. Towns: Banda Aceh, Padang, Malalo, Duo Koto, Taratak Teleng, Bayang, Lhokseumawe -- Thailand - Provinces: Songkhla, Nakorn Sri Thammarat, Pattalung, Surat Thani, Yala, Narathiwat, Trang, Satun, Pattani, Chumporn and Krabi. City of Hat Yai. -- Malaysia - States: Terengganu, Kedah, Kelantan. Districts: Kuala Krai, Pasir Puteh, Kubang Pasu, Kota Setar, Padang Terap, Kota Baharu, Pasir Mas, Tumpat, Besut, Kuala Pertang. Rivers: Sungai Bata, Sungai Kampung Telok Malik, Sungai Pantai Johor, Sungai Baru, Sungai Golok, Sungai Padang Terap.	11/21/00	12/01/00	11	243	68,682	$94,500,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	Indonesia "worst since 1953" -- Hat Yai, Thailand: "worst floods in 12 years"  -- Malaysia: "worst floods in 12 years"	1	753,907	Tpz	344,400	14.1	Sumatra: "Since the seasonal rains began in West Sumatra on Monday last week thousands of hectares of paddy fields have been inundated under two meters of water, and roads have been cut." -- Thailand: "The Bangkok Post said 700,000 head of livstock had perished and many fish and prawn farms were destroyed in the deluge that swamped the region over the past week"  DAMAGE: Indonesia: 37,000,000  -- Thailand: 57,500,000 FATALITIES: Indonesia: 170 -- Thailand: 53 -- Malaysia: 20 DISPLACED: Indonesia:  20,000 -- Thailand: 40,682 -- Malaysia: 8,000CAUSE:Several days of torrential rains causing flooding and landslidesHECTARES FLOODED: Sumatra: 13,756 hectares of farmla as well as 4,151 hectares of ready-for-harvest ricefields. -- Thaila, Songkhla province: 736,000 hectares of farmla were damaged
2000-090	Eastern South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal province - low-lying northern parts; Mtunzini area. Towns: Richard's Bay, KwaDlangezwa, Manzamyana, Saint Lucia, Emadulini, Nongoma. Rivers: Mzingazi, Sikhwedezi, Nkonjane	11/19/00	11/23/00	5	3	3,000		Brief torrential rain			1		Tso	25,650	2.6	"Weather forecasters told AFP the flooding had struck the same low-lying northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal that were hit by cyclone-driven floods that swept through southern Africa in February and March, devastating neighbouring Mozambique." CAUSE:Torrential rains
2000-089	Northeastern Sri Lanka	Northeastern Province - Districts: Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa and Ampara; thousands of villages inundated. Karativu, Pottuvil and Dehiattakandiya areas.	11/18/00	11/22/00	5	3	300,000	$3,000,000	Monsoonal rain			1	4,047	Tpz	7,600	1.4	"More than 150,000 people were forced from their homes by torrential rains that breached dams and caused rivers to flood in eastern districts of Sri Lanka, including areas government relief crews cannot reach because the regions are controlled by separatist rebels." CAUSE:Heavy monsoon rains
2000-088	Central Vietnam	Provinces: Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Ninh Thuan, Quang Ngai and Khanh Hoa	11/18/00	11/26/00	9	36	25,000	$15,000,000				1	4,047	Tpz	49,140	4.9	"New floods in Vietnam's central provinces have claimed 29 lives over the past few days, disaster relief officials said Tuesday." CAUSE: nd
2000-087	Eastern Australia	Northern New South Wales - Hunter Valley, northern tablelands, Lachlan Valley, Murray region. Towns: Gunnedah, Wee Waa, Narrabri, Maitland, Dubbo, Walgett, Tamworth, Coonamble, Ashford, Yetman, Denman, Muswellbrook, Calala, Woolomin, Mudgee, Ashford, Bourke and Brewarrina. Rivers: Peel, Namoi, Murray, Edward, Gwydir, Belubula, Castlereagh, Macquarie, Macintyre, Barwon. -- Queensland - town of Quilpie; Bulloo and Ward Rivers. Pioneer River in north coast town of Mackay	11/17/00	12/02/00	16		600	$265,000,000			NSW "worst floods for half a century"  -- Biggest flood in 100 years in Mackay, Qld	2	21,500,000	Tso	112,000	18.6	"Hundreds of traumatised victims were evacuated from their homes on Tuesday as the worst floods for half a century turned parts of eastern Australia into an inland sea the size of Britain." ... "We've never had a loss of this magnitude before ... as floodwater inundated a third of the state" ... "wettest November on record"CAUSE: nd  HECTARES FLOODED: 215,000 sq kilometers  -- "a third of the state uerwater. "
2000-086	Saudi Arabia	Wadi Setarah. cities: Jeddah and Mecca	11/15/00	11/18/00	4	7	300		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Cs	10,790	1.4	"Storm waters three metres deep flashed through Wadi Setarah, drowning a husband and wife, her mother, a brother and the couple's three children" CAUSE:Heavy rains causing flash floods
2000-085	NorthernVenezuela	The capital city of Caracas, Vargas and eight other states on the northern coast and to the west	11/12/00	11/17/00	6	3	6,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	77,730	5.0	"the latest flooding has not reached nearly the same magnitude as last year's disaster, and Chavez declared the state of emergency as a precautionary measure." CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-084	Canada	Southeastern Manitoba. Sivurtburn, Winnipeg area. Red River	11/08/00	11/10/00	3				Heavy rain		"Red River was at its highest fall level since 1912"	1		TsuCpSs**	7,560	1.0	"Some 9.8 inches of rain was recorded in southeastern Manitoba over the past few days, the heaviest in 90 years, and flood waters have soaked farmers' fields and damaged roads in the area." CAUSE:Record rainfall
2000-083	Indonesia	Central Java - districts: Purworejo, Kebumen, Purbalingga	11/05/00	11/07/00	3	21			Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	7,590	1.0	"Landslides and floods which had struck three districts in Indonesia's Central Java province following two days of torrential rains" CAUSE:Torrential rains causing floods and landslides
2000-082	Northern Italy	Northwest Italy between Genoa and San Remo - Imperia province. Liguria region: Savona and Ventimiglia. Val D'Aosta, Alassio. Rivers: Po, Secchia and Oglio.	11/05/00	11/07/00	3	3	30		Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	23,850	1.7	"Four people were killed as heavy rains and strong winds swept across northern Italy, causing floods and landslides, and forcing scores of people to evacuate their homes." CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-081	US - Texas	Central and Southeast Texas - Counties: Kimble, Mason , Kerr, Gillespie. Llano River	11/02/00	11/07/00	6	6						1		Tso	9,650	1.8	"A new record for rainfall in a 24-hour period was set at Dallas-Fort Worth airport on Sunday, when 2.14 inches of rain surpassed the earlier mark of 1.59 inches set in 1957."CAUSE:Slow passage of a cold front and upper-level low pressure system through the state
2000-080	Philippines - Typhoon Bebinca	Luzon Island - Provinces: Rizal, Laguna, Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. Manila area, suburban Taguig	11/03/00	11/05/00	3	43	668,000	$2,600,000	Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	6,000	0.9	"Government offices, schools, financial markets and many private establishments were closed as floodwaters covered huge areas of the capital, rising above head height in some places," CAUSE:Typhoon rains
2000-079	US - Hawaii	Eastern side of Main Island -  Hilo area	11/02/00	11/03/00	2		100	$20,000,000	Heavy rain		"This is the worst I've seen in the last six years. "	1		Tpo	86	0.1	"U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) officials say 25 inches of rain have fallen at Hilo Airport in less than 24 hours, breaking a record set in 1979" ... "We've got houses swept off the foundations, vehicles floating, "CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-078	Northern and Eastern Tiawan - Typhoon Xangsane	Counties: Taipei, Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Cities: Keelung, Taipei, Hsichih, Chitu. Keelung River	11/01/00	11/04/00	4	58		$77,000,000	Tropical cyclone		"worst flooding in Taiwan in 30 years"	1		Tszo	4,500	0.9	"Typhoon Xiangsane brought heavy rain and winds, causing severe flooding and mudslides that swept away homes and roads in many areas."  -- No suitable Modis9 data locatedCAUSE:Typhoon rains
2000-077	UK and Ireland	UK - England, eastern Scotland, northern Wales - Kent, Sussex, the North East, Yorkshire and the Midlands, County Durham, Northumberland, Hampshire, West Sussex. Towns: Skipton, Stockbridge, Shipley, Cottingley, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Bewdley, Yalding, Bath, Shropshire, Leeds, York, Selby, Ripon, Malton, Norton, Skinningrove, Lanchester, Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Upton on Severn, Burton upon Trent, Doncaster, Uckfield, Ponteland, Exton, West Meon, Barlby, Selby, Surrey, Chichester. Rivers: Ouse, Derwent, Severn, Trent, Dee, Thames, Beult, Teise, Rother, Uck Aire, Foss, Stour, Ure, Gaunless, Don, , Pont, Meon, Medway, Wey, Lavant and Ems. -- Southern Ireland - Bantry in Co Cork, Clonmel in Co Tipperary, Enniscorthy in Co Wexford and Arklow in Co Wicklow. Rathfarnham, Kimmage. Rivers: Poddle, Dodder, Blackwater, Suir	10/29/00			13	6,000	$3,000,000,000	Heavy rain		"worst spate of flooding since the "Great	3		C	96,950		"Britain was crippled by the worst storms for a decade ... Much of Britain's railway network was brought to a standstill by debris and floods ... Warnings of severe flooding were in effect on 22 rivers from Britain's lowlands to its mountains"  ... "Fourteen severe flood warnings were in place on nine rivers, with rivers in Yorkshire, northern England, and the River Severn, in the west, the chief areas of concern." -- "The River Derwent at Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire, peaked at 32.5 feet - the highest ever recorded" -- "A large part of England and Wales are affected by flooding. The worst floods have been on the Ouse and Derwent Rivers in northeastern England, the Dee in North Wales, the Severn and Trent in the Midlands, and a large number of rivers in southern England, including the Thames, Beult, Teise, Rother and Uck." -- "A spokesman from the Met Office confirmed that England and Wales had experienced the wettest autumn since its records began in 1766." FATALITIES: UK: 12 -- Ireland: 1CAUSE:Heavy rain from storm HECTARES FLOODED:
2000-076	Indonesia	West and Central Java - Districts: Cilacap, Banyumas, Tasikmalaya. Towns: Cibalung, Bandarpanjang, Kupa, Bantarkalong	10/29/00	10/31/00	3	40	10,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1	1,492	Tpz	13,700	1.3	"More than 600 other houses, and wide tracts of rice fields were inundated by up to two meters (more than six feet) of water"  -- No suitable Modis9 data located  CAUSE:Floods and landslides triggered by days of heavy rains
2000-075	Philippines - Typhoon Xangsane	Philippines - Southeastern Luzon: Provinces: Cavite, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Samar, Albay. Manila and nearby areas	10/28/00	10/31/00	4	41	100,000	$12,500,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	7,000	1.2	"Thirty-six villages in the capital were still submerged in "flood waters ranging from one foot to waist deep,"" CAUSE:Flash floods triggered by continuing heavy rains
2000-074	Israel	Tel Aviv area, Jaffa; Gaza Strip	10/24/00	10/26/00	3	1	600		Heavy rain			1		TsuCs	3,000	0.6	"Naval commandos rescued trapped families from their balconies Wednesday as rain-driven floods swept across the Tel Aviv area, temporarily closing the city's main highway and driving hundreds of residents from their homes" CAUSE:Heavy rain - 3 inches of rain fell in six hours
2000-073	Western Algeria and Eastern Morocco	Algeria - Regions of Naama and Tlemcen. Town: Ain Sefra, Sidi Bel Abbes, Relizane and El Bayadh  -- Morocco - eastern region of Taza	10/22/00	10/25/00	4	28	400		Brief torrential rain			1		Tpu	101,500	4.4	"Six people were reported dead and a dozen missing Tuesday following flash floods in western Algeria, near the border of Morocco"  FATALITIES: Algeria: 28 DISPLACED: Algeria: 100  -- Morocco: 300CAUSE:flash floods
2000-072	US - Arizona	La Paz County. Towns: Wenden, Salome. Centennial Wash.	10/22/00	10/23/00	2	1	500	$7,800,000	Brief torrential rain			1		Cp	300	0.1	"The towns of Wenden and Salome usually get about one-half inch of rain in the entire month of October. But they were drenched by 1.2 inches of rain that fell from Saturday night through Sunday night ... Vehicles in Wenden were turned on their sides by the flood's force and almost completely submerged under murky water that was 8 feet deep in some places. " CAUSE:flash flood
2000-071	Eastern Spain	11 provinces along Spain's Mediterranean coast. Regions: Valencia, Murcia, Catalonia, Amposta, Zaragoza, Teruel and Albacete. Cities: Cartagena, Tarragona, Murcia, Valencia, Ramonte, Cambrils, Teruel, Alicante, Sagunto. Rivers: Ebro, Palancia	10/20/00	10/26/00	7	8	500	$75,000,000	Brief torrential rain			1		TsuCs	26,690	3.2	"Heavy rains Monday inundated Spains Mediterranean coast, forcing rescue workers to evacuate dozens of people from their homes in the region of Valencia while six were feared dead near Tarragona and Murcia, officials said. Floods affected entire neighbourhoods in Cartagena, entering shops, garages and homes and leaving the eastern city practically at a standstill. " CAUSE:Torrential rains
2000-070	Northwestern  Italy and Southern Switzerland	Italy - Regions: Valle D'Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria. Towns: San Rocco al Porto, Turin, Pavia, Cremona, San Benedetto Po, Parma, Piacenza. Rivers: Po and Ticino. -- Switzerland - Valais canton, village of Gondo; Locarno, Lake Maggiore area, Martigny.	10/14/00	10/22/00	9	37	43,000	$50,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	Italy: highest levels on Po River "at least a half- century" -- Switzerland: "damage has exceeded that from 1993 flooding"	2		CpSe*	44,550	9.3	"Italy hurried more than 15,000 people from the path of two raging rivers Tuesday as flood waters that wreaked death in Alpine towns bore down on the medieval villages and cities of the northern Italian plains. " -- 'This is the Po's worst flood we've ever had" FATALITIES: Italy: 25 -- Switz: 12 DISPLACED: Italy: 43,000 CAUSE:Five days of torrential rains causing flooding and mudslides
2000-069	Southern China	Hainan Province - 610 villages in northern and eastern areas including Qionghai, Wenchang, and Ding'an. -- Guangdong Province - Xuwen County	10/12/00	10/18/00	7	10	200,000		Tropical cyclone		Hainan "The worst floods in a century"	2	66,000	Tszo	11,170	4.1	"A total of 600 millimetres of rain fell on many eastern and northern areas from October 11-16, causing flash floods and landslides in some of the worst rainstorms to hit the island for at least 50 years"  -- No suitable Modis 250m, Modis 9 or Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:"Tropical depression and cold air from the north ... leading to the torrential rains"
2000-068	Southern Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul State - Cities: Viamao, greater Porto Alegre,	10/12/00	10/15/00	4	6	5,000		Heavy rain			1		TsoCp	10,250	1.4	"The rainstorms, which began last Wednesday, lashed 33 cities and rural towns in Rio Grande do Sul state," CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-067	Mexico	Tabasco State - Villahermosa area.	10/10/00	10/17/00	8		1,500					1		Tso	3,000	1.1	"...annual flooding, which has affected more than 300,000 people in at least a dozen towns this year" CAUSE:Annual flooding
2000-066	UK	Southeastern England - East and West Sussex, northwest Kent and Devon, Hampshire. Towns: Uckfield, Lewes, Maidstone, Yalding, Tonbridge. Rivers: Uck, Ouse, Medway	10/11/00	10/14/00	4	0	1,000	$5,900,000,000	Heavy rain		"worst floods in the region for 40 years"	1		C	5,300	1.0	"Millions of pounds worth of damage was caused to homes and businesses as flood waters deluged property, blocked main roads and disrupted and in some cases halted rail services." CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-065	Central Vietnam	Provinces: Lam Dong, Dac Lac, Binh Duong, Khanh Hoa, Dong Nai, Ninh Thuan, Tay Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ha Tinh. Districts: Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh. Cities: Hoi An, Danang, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City. Thu Bon River	10/10/00	10/19/00	10	23	200,000		Monsoonal rain			1	48,351	Tpz	71,900	6.2	"Rainfall reached as much as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in central Vietnam causing water levels to hit danger points on several river systems,"CAUSE:Sporadic monsoon rains
2000-064	Columbia	Caribbean Coast and Andes regions. Rivers: Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge and Sinu.	09/20/00