Last updated 9:00 PM EST, January 25, 2007 by EKA
2006 Global Register of Major Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column
DFO #	Glide Number	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	Centriod Affected Region Longitude (x)	Centriod Affected Region Lattitude (y)
232	FL-2007-000003-PHL	Philippines	Northern Samar - Catarman, Mondragon, San Roque, Pambujan, Lope de Vega. Bobon, Las Navas, Catubig, Silvino Lobos. Leyte - Palo, Sta. Fe, Abuyog and Javier. Sogod, St. Bernard.	Catarman, Lawigan, Subangdaku	29-Dec-06	15-Jan-07	18	12	50,000	see notes	Heavy rain			1			1,410	1.1		Floods and landslides. Northern Samar - Continuous heavy rains overflow Catarman River. 14 dead. Three towns flooded with up to 2 meters of water.  5,000 families displaced. Flood damage to agriculture and infrastructure estimated at P208,655,440. Southern Leyte - 3 dead in floods and mudslides around Sogod.	124.77	12.44
231		Peru	Huanuco - Leonico Prado - Santa Rosa de Chapaquilla, Naranjillo, Zapallal. Huamalies, Maranon (Cholo), Puerto Inca (Codo del Pozuzo). San Martin - Tocache (Nuevo Progreso, Polvora, Uchiza), Moyobamba, Picota (San Hilarion, Puerto Rico), Rioja (Yuracyacu),	Huallaga, Mayo, Ucayali	26-Dec-06	2-Feb-07	39	6	46,000		Heavy rain			1			134,600	13.4		Torrential rains in Peruvian jungle since late December, flooding on Amazon tributaries. 46,000 homeless. San Martin department - 33,200 homeless, 772 houses destroyed, 6,000 houses damaged. Huanuco department - 10,000 homeless, 545 homes destroyed, 2,600 homes damaged. Huallaga River overflowed.	-75.99	-9.18
230	FL-2006-000192-IDN	Indonesia	Sumatra - Aceh - Aceh Tamiang (Kuala Simpang), Langsa, Aceh Timur, Aceh Utara, Gayo Lues, Bener Meriah, Aceh Utara, Lhokseumawe, Bireuen. North Sumatra - Langkat (Besitang), Muara Sipongi. Riau Province - Indragiri Hulu (Inhu), Rantau Kopar.	Aceh - Tamiang River Riau - Indragiri River	22-Dec-06	4-Jan-07	14	193	400,000		Heavy rain	Monsoonal rain		1			16,200	3.4		Rainy season arrives late in Indonesia. Floods and landslides. 124 dead and 170 missing. Thousands houses destroyed, roads and bridges washed away. Aceh province - at least 76 dead, 163 missing. 365,335 displaced. Close to 90 percent of Aceh Tamiang flooded. 15,749 hectares paddy fields damaged.  147,000 displaced in Aceh Utara. North Sumatra - 70 dead. 44,000 displaced. Raiu province - 21,431 houses inundated.	97.50	4.47
229	FL-2006-000189-MYS	Malaysia and Singapore	Malaysia - Johor Sate - Johor Bahru, Kluang, Muar, Kota Tinggi, Segamat, Batu Pahat, Pontian, Mersing. Malacca - Jasin, Alor Gajah. Pahang, Negeri Sembilan. Singapore -	Sungai Rambai, Sungai Segamat	19-Dec-06	10-Jan-07	23	16	90,000	$         22,000,000	Heavy rain	Monsoonal rain		3			18,300	12.7		Malaysia - Floods and landslides. Roads and bridges damaged. "The floods the most severe in a century in southern Malaysia" Infrastructure  damage in Johor expected to hit RM60 million. Singapore -  December 30 - "wettest December in 137 years with 765.9 mm of rain recorded for the first 28 days of the month"	103.22	1.87
228	FL-2006-000191-LKA	Sri Lanka	Hambantota and Amparai	Kirindi River, Lunugamvehera Reservoir and Yodhakandiya Reservoir	17-Dec-06	20-Dec-06	4		40,000		Heavy rain			1			6,830	1.1		Floods have displaced at least 40,000 people in Sri Lanka. 6,000 families in Hambantota district displaced.	81.66	6.84
227		Pakistan	Balochistan - Khuzdar district - Ornath	Darowala River	4-Dec-06	6-Dec-06	3	5			Heavy rain			1			28,940	1.9		Flash floods destroy bridge.	66.52	28.04
226	TC-2006-000175-PHL	Philippines and Vietnam - Typhoon Durian	Philippines - Bicol Region - Albay province -  Padang, Legazpi city. Daraga, Guinobatan Catanduanes Island - Mindoro Island - Vietnam -  provinces: Ba Ria Vung Tau, Ben Tre, Phu Yen, Binh Thuan, Binh Dinh, Vinh Long, Tien Giang. Phu Quy island	Philippines - Yawa River.	30-Nov-06	8-Dec-06	9	526	82,915	$         12,250,000	Heavy rain	Tropical Cyclone		1			45,660	4.7		Philippines - Heavy rains from Typhoon Durian cause floods and mudslides. 526 dead. 740 missing. 82,915 evacuated. 300,000 houses destroyed. Padang and several other villages destroyed by mudslide from Mayon volcano in Albay Province. Vietnam - December 5 - Tropical Storm Durian hits southern Vietnam. 85 dead. 120,000 buildings destroyed. 50,000 evacuated ahead of the storm. 47 dead in Ba Ria Vung Tau province.	106.74	10.33
225		Rwanda	Northern Province - Rulindo District, Gakenke		28-Nov-06	15-Dec-06	18	24	2,000		Heavy rain			1			840	0.8		Flash floods. Thousands homeless. 3,000 hectares farmland submerged. 5,000 homes submerged.	29.94	-1.79
224	FL-2006-000171-HTI	Haiti	Grande-Anse (Jérémie, Abricots, Bonbon).  Nippes (Baradères, Plaisance Arnaud, Anse-à-Veau,). North-West (Port-de-Paix, Jean-Rabel, Bord-de-Mer de Jean-Rabel, Chansolme )		28-Nov-06	1-Dec-06	4	7	1,500		Heavy rain						6,300			Heavy rains from November 23-28 cause serious flooding in Grande-Anse and in the North-West region. 335 families evacuated, 3,700 families affected by flooding. Roads and bridges washed away.	-73.48	18.50
223		Malawi	Lower Shire Valley district of Chikwana	Mwanza	27-Nov-06	29-Nov-06	3	5	8,000		Heavy rain			1			2,760	0.6		Several villages inundated after Mwanza River burst its banks. 8,000 homeless.  915 hectares cropland inudated.	34.51	-15.96
222		DR Congo	Orientale Province - Isangi, Basoko, Kisangani, Banalia Maniema Province - Kindu area.	Congo	24-Nov-06	15-Dec-06	22		26,000		Heavy rain			1			126,500	11.0		24 villages flooded in Orientale Province. 26,000 people living in canoes. Kisangani - 6 people missing. 56,917 people in 41 villages affected by flooding. January 25, 2007 - at least 20,000 still homeless from November floods.	24.34	0.81
221	FL-2006-000174-PAN	Panama	Cocle, Colon, and Panama provinces. Costa Abajo area, Capira		21-Nov-06	30-Nov-06	10	11	1,290		Heavy rain			1			17,730	3.1		Floods and landslides kill 11 northwest of Panama City. 1290 homeless. Bridges collapsed. 200 houses destroyed. Villages cut off by flooding.	-78.71	8.90
220		Afghanistan	Farah Province - Sang village of Purchaman (Porchaman) district		19-Nov-06	21-Nov-06	3	18			Heavy rain			1			560	0.3		Farah - An entire small village washed away in floods. 150 houses destroyed in Purchaman district. 200 cattle killed.	63.86	33.15
219		Afghanistan	Uruzgan province - Chori and Harwad districts. Charchino (Char Chino),  Dehrawood (Dehraod, Dehrawat), Khas Uruzgan (Khas Urozgan), Chnarto, Choraee, Chora Helmand Province - Grishk district - Kharko and Hazarjuft		19-Nov-06	21-Nov-06	3	50			Heavy rain			1			11,940	1.2		Uruzgan - Flash flooding kills 50 and injures 30. 120 houses destroyed in Chori and Harwad districts. Hundreds of acres of land washed away. Roads and bridges destroyed. Helmand - 500 homes destroyed in Kharko and Hazarjuft areas	66.13	32.74
218	FF-2006-000168-AFG	Afghanistan	Badghis Province - Murghab and Ghormach districts. Balamurgab and Gormac.	Murghab river	16-Nov-06	20-Nov-06	5	66	4,500		Heavy rain			1			5,000	1.1		Flash flooding kills 66 and leaves more than 100 missing. More than 1,000 homes destroyed. 5,500 people affected by flooding. 50,000 families live in the inundated area. Over 2,300 sheep and livestock killed.	63.54	35.62
217		DR Congo	Kaziba (Kasiba)		15-Nov-06	18-Nov-06	4	8			Heavy rain	Dam/Levy, break or release		1			1,070	0.5		Floods and mudslides. 2 bridges destroyed. Nyamurera Dam destroyed.	27.06	-7.07
216	FF-2006-000163-AFG	Afghanistan	Nangarhar Province - Beghsood (Behsud) district, Qasem Abad village. Daman area of Dehsod district. Sra Rod district, Sultanpur and Ziarat villages.	Kabul River	10-Nov-06	12-Nov-06	3	9			Heavy rain			1			1,400	0.4		Flash floods kill 9. 1,000 houses destroyed.	70.79	34.22
215		Congo Republic	Brazzaville - Ngamakosso, Mama Mbouale and Mpila in northeast of city.	Tsieme river	4-Nov-06	18-Nov-06	15	7	6,000		Heavy rain			1			1,300	1.0		Flooding in the capital city kills 7 and displaces thousands.	15.43	-4.24
214		USA	Washington - west of the Cascades. Counties: Lewis, Skagit, Snohomish, Pierce, King. Towns: Sultan, Index, Rockport, Marblemount, Hamilton, Packwood, Sumner, Snohomish, Chehalis, Randle. Mount Rainier National Park. Oregon - Tillamook County. Mount Hood area.	Washington - Cowlitz, Skokomish, Skykomish, Tolt, Puyallup, Skagit, Snohomish, Pilchuck, Carbon, Snoqualmie, South Fork of the Stillaguamish, Nisqually, White, Wenatchee. Oregon - White, Columbia, Nehalem and Wilson	5-Nov-06	10-Nov-06	6	2	1,500		Heavy rain		10	1			57,890	4.3		Heavy rains from "Pineapple Express" storm bring up to 15 inches rain to western Washington and northwestern Oregon. Record flooding on 6 rivers. Rainfall records across western Washington. Cowlitz River burst its banks and changed course near Packwood, Washington. Snohomish River breaches French Slough and Marshland levees near Monroe and Everett. Worst floods in region in a decade. "The storm that generated the flooding was "the fifth 10-year event in the last 16 years," he noted citing storms in 1990, '95, '96, 2003 and this week"	-122.15	47.86
213		Iraq	Irbil province - Dahuk, Arbil and Sulaimaniyah. Khalifan district (Bilay Jeeri), Sulaymanyah. Arbil region - Spilan, Rosata Balakayati area.		5-Nov-06	7-Nov-06	3	20	18,000		Heavy rain			1			19,960	1.6		Flash floods kill 20 and injure 20 people in Iraqi Kurdistan. 9 bridges and several houses destroyed in five villages. 3,000 families homeless.	44.81	36.23
212	TC-2006-000153-PHL	Philippines - Typhoon Cimaron	Luzon Island: Isabela (Ilagan, Dinapigue, Jones, Cauayan City). Neuva Vizcaya (Kasibu). Benguet (Bugias). Kalinga. Aurora. La Union. Cagayan (Tuao). Baguio city	Cagayan River	30-Oct-06	1-Nov-06	3	19	300,000		Heavy rain	Tropical Cyclone		1			23,980	1.7		Strongest storm to hit the Philippines in eight years, Typhoon Cimeron, causes floods and landslides. 15 dead. 300,000 displaced. US$8.86 million dollars crops damaged.	121.82	17.02
211	FL-2006-000156-TUR	Turkey and Syria	Turkey