1988 Flood Archive

Revised by av & sc, July 2003
1988 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**
1988-111	Indonesia	Central Java - Districts: Pemalang, Pekalongan and Semarang. Rivers Kali Comal and Sikuang	12/17/88	12/19/88	3	40			Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	7,430	0.9
1988-110	Gabon	Cities: Lambarene, Port-Gentil, Ouila, Koula-Moutou, Makoukou Rivers: Ogooue and N'gounie	11/28/88	12/03/88	6				Brief torrential rain			1		Tpo	70,730	4.8
1988-109	Western Uganda	Bundibugyo district (about 200 miles west of Kampala)	11/23/88	12/07/88	15		5,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	14,340	3.2
1988-108	Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia	Thailand -- Nakhon Si Thamarat Province - Nakhon Si Thamarat city. Districts: Phipoon, Phibul, Lansaka. Villages: Katun, Khiriwong Songkhla Province - Hat Yai city. Ranot District. -- Surat Thani Province - Nasarn District. -- Other Provinces: Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, Chumphon, Trang, Phatthalung. -- Malaysia -- States: Kelantan, Johore, Negri Sembilan, Malacca, Pahang, Trengganu, Kedah, Perlis	11/20/88	12/01/88	12	386	301,000	$172,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	worst flooding in 50 years in Songkhla -- "worst natural disaster to hit southern thailand" -- Malaysia: worst in 20 years -- "Levels at a flood measuring station in Kelantan exceeded the 1967 total by about 10 feet,"	2	720,000	Tpz	96,670	15.5
1988-107	Indonesia	North Sumatra - south Tapanuli	11/18/88	11/19/88	2	28			Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tpz	22,300	1.0
1988-106	Eastern Spain	Mediterranean coast -- Catalunya Province: Areyns de Mar, Viladecans, Sant Adrian del Besos. Corbera and Torrellas. -- Valencia province: Turia River	11/12/88	11/13/88	2	5	800		Heavy rain			1		TsuCs	2,650	0.4
1988-105	Philippines - Tropical Storm Tess and Typhoon Skip/Yoning	Luzon Island - Bicol Peninsula. Camarines Sur province. Pasacao. Pasig in Metro Manilla area.  Panay Island - Capiz and Aklan provinces -- Palawan Island - Rizal. -- Flooding also reported on Cebu, Leyte, Visayas and Romblon islands	11/04/88	11/08/88	5	255	1,000,000	$400,000	Tropical cyclone	See notes		1		Tpz	10,600	1.7
1988-104	Eastern Indonesia	Flores Island - four villages in the district of Ende. Ria Raja, Rewarangga	11/05/88	11/07/88	3	20	1,200		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tpz	780	0.3
1988-103	Southern China - Typhoon	Hainan Province - 46 villages in Qiongshan, Ding'an and Wenchang counties. Nandu river	10/28/88	10/30/88	3	0	10,000		Tropical cyclone	See notes		1	73,000	Tszo	5,370	0.8
1988-102	Southeastern Nigeria	Rivers State - Kassama in Yenagoa Local Government Area	10/27/88	10/28/88	2	10	12,000					1		Tpz	2,830	0.4
1988-101	Southern Philippines - Typhoon Ruby/ Unsang	Northern Mindanao Island - Misamis Oriental Province. three villages in the port city of Cagayan de Oro. Agusan River. Pagadian City. -- Southern and central Luzon Island - Manilla area. Marikina River. -- Other areas: Eastern Visayas Island, Bicol Island, Southern Tagalog	10/22/88	10/26/88	5	181	60,000	$24,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	5,340	1.2
1988-100	Central and South America - Hurricane Joan/ Tropical Storm Miriam	Northern Columbia - Guajira Peninsula. Towns: Carmen de Bolivar, La Uribia. River Alferez. --  Venezuela - Caracas area. -- Nicaragua - Managua area, Miskito Coast, Corn Island, Bluefields, El Rama. Rivers: San Juan, Colorado, Coto. -- Panama - eastern province of Veraguas and Pacific province of Herrera. Border area with Costa Rica. -- Northern Costa Rica - Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Rivers: San Juan, Colorado, Coto	10/18/88	10/25/88	8	135	407,000	$62,000,000	Tropical cyclone	See notes		1		Tpo	62,660	5.2
1988-099	Central Vietnam - unidentified Typhoon	600-mile span between Thanh Hoa Province in the north to Phu Khanh Province in the south. Lam River in Nghe Tinh Province	10/10/88	10/20/88	11	100	500,000		Brief torrential rain		"Lam River was approaching a record high set in 1978"	1	101,172	Tpz	39,060	4.7
1988-098	Northern Guatemala	El Quiche Province - Chioxy River in the northern border strip between the towns of Playitas and Playa Grande	10/16/88	10/17/88	2		6,000		Heavy rain			1		Tso	370	0.1
1988-097	Ghana	Northern, Upper West and Upper East regions. West Gonja District. Salaga. Singa. Daboya. Black and White Volta Rivers	10/01/88	10/11/88	11		3,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	102,200	7.7
1988-096	Central and Southern Nigeria	Federal Capital Territory Suleja - Abuja city and dam. -- Anambra State - 12 communities in Anambra Local Government Area. -- Rivers: Niger and Anambra	09/21/88	10/05/88	15		70,000	$1,000,000	Dam/Levy, break or release	See notes				Tpz	8,880	-
1988-009	Southern France	Gard Region, Nimes city	10/03/88	10/03/88	1	10	300		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		TsuCs	710	0.0
1988-094	Western India	Maharashtra State - Bombay city	10/03/88	10/04/88	2	23			Heavy rain			1		Tszo	600	0.2
1988-093	Northern Taiwan	Counties: Ilan, Taipei, Hualien and Taitung.	09/21/88	10/03/88	13	0		$14,170,816	Heavy rain			1	847	Tszo	7,300	2.2
1988-092	Northwestern India and Pakistan	India -- Punjab State - 10 of 12 administrative districts and 1,463 villages inundated. Districts: Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Batala, Sangrur, Ferozepore, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Bhatinda and Faridkot. Cities: Jalandhar, Amritsar, Phillaur, Nawanshahr, Ludhiana, Kapurthala, Ferozepur, Harike Barrage. Rivers: Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. -- Haryana State - 381 villages in seven of the total 12 districts. Jagadhri sub-division. Cities/towns: Delhi, New Delhi. Faridabad, Hissar, Kaithal, Nirwana. Yamuna River. -- Himachal Pradesh State - all 12 districts including Una district. -- Jammu and Kashmir State - Anantnag town. Rivers: Jelum, Tawi, Chenab and Ravi. -- -- Pakistan -- Punjab State - Districts: Sialkot, Gujrat and Gujranwala. Cities: Bahawalpur, Multan, Wazirabad, Narowal, Chaprar Marala, Lahore, Shahdara, Depalpur. Narang Mandi and Sharaqpur road areas. Rivers: Sutlej, Chenab and Ravi.	09/21/88	10/08/88	18	731	1,250,000	$6,814,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	"worst floods to hit north India in this century" -- "worst since the deluge of 1958" -- record levels on Ravi, Beas and Sutlej Rivers -- worst floods in india-controlled kashmir in the last decade	2	1,476,874	Tszo	268,500	30.0
1988-091	Eastern China - Typhoon #17	Fujian Province -	09/20/88	09/26/88	7	9	51,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tszo	100,700	6.2
1988-090	Thailand	1,488 villages flooded in 53 of Thailand's 73 provinces; including Phayao, Rayong and Uthai Thani.	09/18/88	10/05/88	18	19	16,000	$1,200,000	Brief torrential rain			1	229,000	Tpz	243,200	14.3
1988-089	Western Nepal	Darbang and Niskot villages in Myagdi District. Myagdi River	09/20/88	09/21/88	2	106	56		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tszo		-
1988-088	Nigeria and Benin	Nigeria -- Oyo State - Oshogbo. Erinle River. Sokoto State - 76 villages submerged. Niger River -- Benin -- Provinces: Zou and Borgou. Districts: Malanville/Karimama, Zagnanado/Savalou. Oeme and Niger Rivers	09/14/88	09/26/88	13	7	136,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1	30,000	Tpz	71,960	6.9
1988-087	Caribbean, Mexico. Central America - Hurricane Gilbert	Dominican Republic - Yuna River near Cotui.  -- Southern Haiti - " widespread flooding and crop damage" -- Jamaica - "widespread flooding across the island" -- Mexico - Yucatan Penninsula: Cancun, Cozumel, Campeche. Nuevo Leon State: Santa Catarina river in Monterrey and Cadereyta. Tamulipas state: Matamoros, Ciudad Victoria, La Pesca, Soto la Marina, San Carlos. -- Venezuela - Caracas area. -- El Salvador - eastern states of San Miguel, Usulutan and La Union -- Flooding also reported in Caymen Islands, British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Costa Rica	09/10/88	09/18/88	9	237	821,400	$68,200,000	Tropical cyclone		Worst flash flood Monterrey has seen since 1909	2	1,456,874	Tso and Tpo	105,100	14.2
1988-086	USA - Florida	Tampa Bay Area. Counties: Manatee, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco. Towns: Palmetto, Bradenton, Yankeetown, Tampa, St Petersburg. Manatee and Little Manatee rivers. Alafia River.	09/06/88	09/09/88	4	7	1,000	$24,000,000	Heavy rain		"Florida's worst floods in 60 years"	2		Tso	6,500	2.2
1988-085	China	Dongting Lake area in Hunan and Hubei provinces	09/05/88	09/14/88	10		100,000		Heavy rain		"worst flood in the past 30 years" in Dongting Lake area	2	200,000	Tszo	47,800	10.1
1988-084	USSR - Buryatia	Eastern regions of Soviet Buryatia, Transbailkal area. Rivers Uda, Kurba, Kodun and their tributaries.	09/06/88	09/06/88	1				Brief torrential rain	See notes		1	10,000	TsoCpSe*	47,400	0.2
1988-083	Mexico - Debby	Veracruz State - Hueleque River in Poza Rica. Tuxpan-Pantepec River in Alamo. Papantla La Antigua, Cazones, Coatzintla, Tuxpan, La Palmilla. Cotaxtla River. Cazones River. -- Hidalgo State -	09/02/88	09/06/88	5	31	30,000		Tropical cyclone	See notes		1		Tso	12,600	1.8
1988-082	Eastern Mexico - Kristy	Chiapas State - Coatan River in Tapachula city. Huixtla, Escuincla, Pijijiapan, Arteaga and Tonala. Cuatan Grande and Chico rivers. -- Oaxaca State - Tehuantepec isthmus. Salado River	09/01/88	09/05/88	5	17	20,000		Tropical cyclone	See notes		1		Tso	25,820	2.6
1988-081	Niger	Sahel area. Niger River	09/02/88	09/03/88	2	13	7,000		Heavy rain			2	101,171	Tpz	88,400	4.1
1988-080	Senegal	City of Bambey	09/02/88	09/02/88	1	4	2,400		Heavy rain		"worst storm he has seen since 1945"	1		Tpu	1,300	0.0
1988-079	Columbia	Provinces: Cordoba, Atlantico, Sucre, Magdalena, Cesar, Bolivar, Santander. Magdalena River.	08/27/88	09/03/88	8		100,000		Heavy rain			1	100,000	Tpz	158,800	8.3
1988-078	Iran	Town of Damavand, (50 km east of Tehran) and 30 villages in area.	08/25/88	08/25/88	1	25						1		Cs	1,150	0.0
1988-077	Southern China	Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region - Counties: Guiping, Wuxuan. Liuzhou city. Laibin town. Wuzhou city. Hongshui, Liujiang and Xijiang rivers.  -- Guangdong Province- Zhaoqing city. Xijiang River	08/31/88	09/06/88	7	58	300,000	$256,000,000	Heavy rain		worst flooding of the hongshui and liujiang rivers since 1949.  -- worst flooding in 40 years	2	1,252,061	Tszo	50,320	8.7
1988-076	Central America	Honduras - Shantytowns in Tegucigalpa, Slum Chamelecon in San Pedro Sula, La Lima. -- El Salvador - Provinces: Usulatan, La Union, Ahuachaba, San Miguel, San Salvador, La Paz. Towns: Chilanguera and La Cantora. Rio Grande and Lempa Rivers. -- Guatemala - Guatemala City -- Nicaragua - Nadaime city	08/25/88	08/29/88	5	50	25,850		Heavy rain	See notes	Honduras "RIVER FLOODS REACHED HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE 1969"	1		Tpo	17,900	2.2
1988-075	Chad and Northern Cameroon	Chad -- Provinces: Kanem, Ouaddai, Logone Occidentale, Logone Oriental. Prefectures: Salamat (Am-Timam), Mayo Kebbi (bongor), N'Djamena, Moyen-Chari (Sarh), Batha. Chari River in N'djamena city. southern town of Moundou. Elghazal river at Moussoro.  -- Cameroon - northern provinces including Pitoa Region	08/20/88	09/06/88	18	51	58,000	$900,000	Heavy rain			1	13,500	Tpz	562,900	21.7
1988-074	Niger	Southern, eastern and western parts of Niger. Niger River.	08/18/88	08/25/88	8		300,000		Heavy rain		worst in 60 years	2		Tpz	744,000	35.9
1988-073	Southern Pakistan	Sind Province - several dozens villages destroyed. Indus River	08/18/88	08/25/88	8		200,000	$117,924,528	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tszo	33,000	3.8
1988-072	Eastern China	Eastern Shandong Province - Yellow River flooded 33 villages	08/23/88	08/24/88	2		10,000					1	33,184	TsoCp	16,810	0.9
1988-071	Western Mexico	Nayarit State - left bank of the Santiago river	08/22/88	08/23/88	2	18	130,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tso	2,220	0.3
1988-070	Burkina Faso	Provinces: Bam, Yatenga, Seno, Soum, Oubritenga, Oudalan, Namentenga, Bazega, Houet, Kenedougou, Comoe, Kadiogo. Ndorola	08/21/88	09/02/88	13	11	6,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	135,900	9.5
1988-069	Southern Nigeria	Rivers State - Port Harcourt city	08/22/88	08/22/88	1		10,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	1,230	0.0
1988-068	Northern Uganda	"various parts of the northern region"	08/11/88	08/25/88	15	5			Brief torrential rain			1		Tpz	55,980	6.4
1988-067	Northeastern India and Nepal	Assam State - Bramputra Valley from from Dibrugarh to downtown Dhubri . Barak Valley. Districts: Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sonitpur, Sibsagar, Cachar, Karimganj, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Golaghat. Gauhati area. Bramaputra River and tributaries. -- Uttar Pradesh State - 12,373 villages. Ganges River and tributaries. -- Bihar State - 19 districts including Saharsa, Khagaria, Madhubani and Darbhanga. Ganges, Kosi, Bagmati, Adhwara, Burhi, Gandak rivers. -- West Bengal State - Balurghat and Dinajpur areas. Ganges and Churani rivers. -- Arunchal Pradesh State - -- Nepal --10 districts in southern plains. far-western seti zone. -- see also DFO-1988-035	08/23/88	09/15/88	24	876	2,000	$15,200,000	Monsoonal rain	See notes		1	1,742,901	Tszo	626,900	25.2
1988-066	Bangladesh	"53 of the country's 64 administrative districts were covered by flood waters at the height of the disaster." -- Dhaka city 85% inundated by Buriganga River. Other cities under 5-10 feet of water: Serajganj, Gopalganj, Tangail, Ranjbari and Faridpurko. -- Bramahaputra, Ganges and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries. -- see also DFO-1988-032 and DFO-1988-019	08/20/88	10/03/88	45	1378	28,000,000	$2,000,000,000	Monsoonal rain		"worst floods in the 17-year history of the country" -- "worst flooding in 70 years" -- 9/1 "Buriganga River reached its highest level in 34 years." in Dhaka -- 9/5 "In Dhaka, flood waters were at their highest levels in 54 years and covered three-fourths of the capital."	2	4,700,000	Tszo	138,900	28.4
1988-065	Central China	Henan Province	08/09/88	08/18/88	10	34	80,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		TsoCp	153,100	9.0
1988-064	Northern Nigeria	Kano State - Fourteen of the state's 20 local government areas. collapse of the Bagauda Dam near Kano city. -- Borno State - Fika local government area	08/07/88	08/20/88	14	53	200,000	$14,200,000	Heavy rain	See notes		2		Tpz	60,620	13.0
1988-063	Venezuela and Northern Columbia	Venezuela -- States: Anzoategui, Bolivar, Cojedes (El Pao dam overflowed). Areas: Francisco de Miranda, Parapal, San Luis, Los Cocos, Rio Blanco. Towns: Cuidad Guayana, Cumana, Maracay, Barcelona, San Cristobal. Rivers: Manzanares, Querecual, Neveri -- Columbia -- Departments of Cordoba and Sucre. Magdalena River	08/16/88	08/23/88	8	10	12,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	145,600	7.9
1988-062	Central China	Shaaxi Province - Jiujianfang. Yellow River	08/13/88	08/14/88	2	163	12,000		Heavy rain			1	5,800	TsoCp	7,250	0.6
1988-061	Northern Nicaragua	Northern coast area - Zelaya Norte. Alamikamba. Kukalaya. Prinzapolks. Wawa River, Rio Coco	08/09/88	08/16/88	8		25,000		Heavy rain			1	200	Tpo	12,590	2.3
1988-060	Southeastern Mexico	Veracruz State - Papaloapan River and its tributaries. Tesochoacan River	08/13/88	08/15/88	3		4,000		Brief torrential rain			1	800	Tso	10,350	1.1
1988-059	Central and Southern Taiwan	Counties: Yunlin, Chiayi, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Nantou. Cities: Chaiyi, Shuishan, Kaohsiung, Tainan.	08/14/88	08/17/88	4	15	10,000	$125,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	worst floods in 30 years	2	59,563	Tszo	11,240	2.9
1988-058	Northeast China	Inner Mongolia - Dahingganling forest area. southern Morin Dawa autonomous banner of Daur nationality. Six counties on the upper reaches of the Nenjiang River -- see also DFO-1988-048	08/10/88	08/15/88	6	10	64,000		Brief torrential rain			1		TsoCp	53,820	4.2
1988-057	Eastern China - Typhoon Bill	Zhejiang Province - Hangzhou city. Ningbo and Zhoushan	08/07/88	08/08/88	2	117	188,000		Brief torrential rain		"biggest typhoon to hit eastern China in 30 years"	1	62,200	Tszo	12,330	0.8
1988-056	Sudan and Western Ethiopia	Sudan -- Khartoum area. Gadharef, central Gezira region, Kassala, Eddamer, Atbara, Ash Showak, Dongola region, Kordofan, Katarant, Katarant Almaad, Karima Merawi. El-Gezira district. island of Tuti. Cities: Kassala, Showak, El-Damer, Omdurman. Blue Nile, White Nile, and Atbara rivers -- Ethiopia -- Baro River floods Itang refugee camp in Ilubabor from mid August to early October	08/05/88	09/10/88	37	91	2,000,000	$200,000,000	Heavy rain		"worst floods in 42 years"  -- "worst floods in the country's history"	2		Tpu	354,100	43.0
1988-055	Northern China	Shanxi Province - Fenyang County and 11 others. Yellow River,	08/06/88	08/06/88	1	50	30,000		Heavy rain		"largest in the last 11 years"	1	30,000	TsoCp	36,880	0.2
1988-054	USSR - Siberia	Transbaikal area west of Khabarovsk.	08/03/88	08/04/88	2				Brief torrential rain	See notes		1	75,000	CSs*	257,900	3.5
1988-053	Eastern India	Andara Pradesh State - seven districts. Godavari River and tributaries	07/31/88	08/02/88	3	50			Heavy rain			1	375,000	Tpz	94,870	3.4
1988-052	Venezuela	Central coast - Chichirivichi village on Chichirivichi River	07/31/88	07/31/88	1	2						1		Tpz	910	0.0
1988-051	Eastern China	Zhejiang Province - Ninghai, Sanmen, Xinchang, Fenghua and Shengxian counties. Ningbo city	07/29/88	08/05/88	8	264	64,000	$167,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	"worst inundation in eastern China's Zhejiang province in 40 years" -- "worst floods since the founding of communist China in 1949"	2	154,400	Tszo	18,770	5.7
1988-050	New Zealand	North Island - Auckland and the East Cape area. Ruatoria. Waiwere River	07/27/88	07/27/88	1	1	52		Heavy rain			1		Cp	48,970	0.2
1988-049	Northwestern China	Three counties in Gansu province. Xifeng City	07/23/88	07/23/88	1	54	12,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		TsoCp	33,130	0.2
1988-048	Northeastern China	Heilongjiang Province - Qiqihar city area. Daqing oilfield. Gannan County. Nenjiang River. -- see also DFO-1988-058	07/21/88	08/19/88	30		76,000	$56,000,000	Brief torrential rain		Nenjiang River: Biggest flood peak since 1955 on at A'yanqian power station. Highest level in recorded history in Gannan County	1	10,000	TsoCp	9,150	3.3
1988-047	Western Japan	Kake and Uchikuroyama in northwest Hiroshima Prefecture. Shimane Prefecture. Hiroshima city	07/20/88	07/21/88	2	12	1,633		Heavy rain	See notes		1		TsoCpSe*	4,320	0.5
1988-046	Spain	Northern Basque country - Guipuzcoa province	07/19/88	07/20/88	2	9			Brief torrential rain			1		TsuCs	1,320	0.3
1988-045	South Korea	Southeastern areas - Yongwol, Chechon, Youngju city	07/20/88	07/20/88	1	16	2,640	$45,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		TsoCp	3,410	0.1
1988-044	Pakistan	Punjab Province - 13 districts. -- Northwest Frontier Province - Tochi River in North Wazirastan. Chugarzai village in Swat district. Indus River. Kohistan. -- Kashmir Province -Jhelum and Chenab rivers -- Sind Province -	07/18/88	08/05/88	19	158	163,000		Monsoonal rain	See notes		1	2,670,000	Tszo	220,500	13.8
1988-043	Northeast Brazil	States of Alagoas and Pernambuco. Maceio city. Mundau and Paraiba Rivers.	07/17/88	07/18/88	2	66	50,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpo	38,460	1.4
1988-042	Western India	Gujarat State - Saurashtra-Kutch region. Districts: Surat, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Bhavnagar. Surat town. Rajkot city. -- Maharashtra State	07/14/88	07/27/88	14	97	25,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tszo	76,350	7.3
1988-041	Western Japan	Toba area in Mie prefecture. Tottori prefecture	07/15/88	07/15/88	1	4			Heavy rain			1		TsoCpSe*	3,680	0.1
1988-040	US - Central and western Texas	Guadalupe River near Hunt in Kerr County. Perkins Draw in Pecos County	07/10/88	07/11/88	2	5			Heavy rain			1		Tsu	2,440	0.3
1988-039	South Korea	Pochon area. Chunchon city area	07/08/88	07/14/88	7	6	2,000	$12,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes		1	164	TsoCp	1,800	0.8
1988-038	Northwestern China	Southern Gansu Province - Zhuoni and Lintan counties	07/06/88	07/06/88	1							1		TsoCp	30,630	0.2
1988-037	Southwestern USSR	Southwestern frontier region of Krasnodar.	07/05/88	07/07/88	3			$150	Heavy rain			1	330,000	CpSe	102,700	3.5
1988-036	Canada	Alberta Province town of Slave Lake	07/05/88	07/07/88	3		2,500	$7,000,000	Heavy rain			1		TsuCpSs**	1,960	0.5
1988-035	Northern India and Nepal	India -- Punjab State - Districts: Patiala, Jalandhar, Amritsar. Patiala city , Patiala canal. Ravi River in Gurdaspur district. Bhatinda. -- Himachal Pradesh State - Districts: Hamirpur. Towns: Jangelberi. -- Haryana State - Ambala Cantonment. Yamuna River. -- Delhi - New Delhi, Wazirabad village. Yamuna River. -- Jammu Region - Chenab River. -- Kashmir Region -Jehlum River in Pulwama and Anantnag districts. Srinagar Uttar Pradesh State - 15 districts. Duri Rapti River at Kakrashi -- Bihar State - 9 districts including Samastipur, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Khagaria, Chandigarh. -- Southern and western Nepal - 55 out of nepal's 75 districts affected including Makawanpur, Baitadi, Udayapur, Dailekh. Janakpur area. -- see also DFO-1988-067	07/04/88	08/08/88	36	233	500,000		Monsoonal rain	See notes	Worst floods in the Patiala district since 1955	2	243,959	Tszo	847,700	66.0
1988-034	Nigeria	Lagos area	07/02/88	07/03/88	2	0	500		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	1,960	0.3
1988-033	Northern Argentina	Paraguay River	06/28/88	06/28/88	1		7,000				Worst flooding since 1983	1		TsoCp	16,420	0.1
1988-032	Bangladesh	37 out of 64 administrative districts including: Sylhet, Habiganj, Sunamgonj, Comilla, Bandarban, Chittagong, Netrokona, Bogra, Moulavibazar, Rangpur, Mymensingh, Narsingdi, Serajgonj, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Manikganj, Jamalpur, Bohla . Towns: Sylhet, Brahmanbaria. Rivers: Brahmaputra, Jammu, Meghna, Padma. -- see also DFO-1988-019 and DFO-1988-066	06/27/88	08/15/88	50	254	5,250,000	$450,000,000	Monsoonal rain			1	1,214,062	Tszo	98,280	12.3
1988-031	China	Sichuan Province -  36 counties southwest of Chengdu. Gaoxian. Ya'an. Yibin.	06/24/88	06/28/88	5	65	500,000	$76,000,000	Brief torrential rain		"RAIN AND FLOODS WERE THE WORST IN THE AREA IN OVER 100 YEARS"	3	588,801	Tszo	33,860	8.9
1988-030	Western Ukraine	Rivers Pripyat and Stokhod	06/20/88	07/01/88	12				Heavy rain			1	351,673	CpSe*	14,290	3.0
1988-029	Northeast India	Assam State - renewed flooding of Bramaputra and tributaries. Districts: Nagaon, Dibrugarh, Tezpur and Neamatighat. Guwahati - more than 3,000 villages in 15 districts submerged -- Tripura State - Agartala city and township. Meghalaya State	06/21/88	07/14/88	24	34	2,000,000		Heavy rain			1	108,375	Tszo	70,500	8.4
1988-028	Eastern China	Zhejiang Province - Longquan County Jiangxi Province - Central and northern areas. Counties: Shangrao. Xinjiang River	06/11/88	06/25/88	15	70	50,000	$10,800,000	Brief torrential rain			1	283,281	Tszo	26,300	4.4
1988-027	Bangladesh	Districts: Chittagong, Jessor, Satkhira. Low lying areas of Dhaka. Rajshahi town. Padma River	06/14/88	06/20/88	7	8	15,000		Heavy rain			1		Tszo	66,360	5.0
1988-026	Turkey	Ankara city slums	06/12/88	06/12/88	1	16	400		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		CpSe	230	0.0
1988-025	Central China	Sichuan Province - Shizhu county	06/10/88	06/11/88	2	11	500		Heavy rain			1	5,059	Tszo	9,270	0.7
1988-024	Afghanistan	Provinces: Kabul, Takhar, Samangan, Beghlan, Badakhshan, Herat, Jouzjan. Kabul River Valley	06/13/88	06/28/88	16		3,000	$260,000,000				1	1,000	Cs	122,600	9.7
1988-023	Northern Philippines - Typhoon Susan	Luzon Island - Rizal Province. Metro Manila area.	06/01/88	06/06/88	6	35	5,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	3,300	1.0
1988-022	Sri Lanka	Sabaragamuwa Province, Ratnapura District. Millawitiya. Kaluganga River. Also flooding in Kalutara district of Western Province.	06/01/88	06/09/88	9	3	110,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	7,180	1.9
1988-021	Central Cuba	Provinces: Sancti Spiritus, Cienfuegos, Ciego de Avila, Camaguey, Holguin. Agabama River.	05/30/88	06/06/88	8	24	65,000		Heavy rain		worst since 1963	1		Tpo	34,420	3.9
1988-020	Southeast China	Guangdong Province - northern areas. Fugang county.	05/24/88	05/26/88	3	5	8,000		Heavy rain			1	2,599	Tszo	6,750	0.9
1988-019	Northeastern India and Eastern Bangladesh	India - Assam State: 52 villages inundated along the Bramaputra and Barak rivers and their tributaries. Districts: Nagaon, Karimganj -- Bangladesh - northeastern districts of Sylhet and Sunamganj. Bramaputra, Surma and Kushiara rivers. -- see also DFO-1988-032	05/23/88	06/11/88	20	76	43,000		Monsoonal rain	See notes		1	80,937	Tszo	42,290	6.2
1988-018	Eastern China	Fujian Province - three northern counties: Jianyang, Chongan and Zhenghe. Minjiang River near Fuzhou -- Flooding also reported in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, locations unspecified.	05/19/88	05/28/88	10	125	2,800,000	$72,000,000	Heavy rain			1	333,000	Tszo	40,600	4.6
1988-017	Northern Rwanda and Southwestern Uganda	Rwanda - Prefectures: Ruhengeri, Gitarama, Gisenyi, Gikongoro, Kibuye -- Uganda - Mubuku River in Kasese District. Rubiriha River along border with Zaire	05/06/88	05/15/88	10	52	23,628	$13,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	40,350	4.6
1988-016	Western Japan	Kyushu Island - central and eastern areas. Kumamoto Prefecture. Ofuna River	05/03/88	05/04/88	2	3	10,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		TsoCpSe*	8,180	0.6
1988-015	Central and Western Kenya	Nairobi area. Districts: Kisumu , South Nyanza, Laikipia. Nyando Division in West Kenya. Rivers: Tana, Nyando.	04/10/88	05/10/88	31	60	10,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	89,600	10.3
1988-014	Czechoslovakia	Jihlava River overflowed in Luka village near Jihlava.	04/20/88	04/21/88	2	2	500		25			1		CpSe*	450	0.1
1988-013	Southeastern Turkey	Hezil River between Turkey and Iraq near Silopi	04/14/88	04/15/88	2	8	5,000		Brief torrential rain			1		Cs	1,390	0.3
1988-012	Australia	Northern Territory - Todd River in the town of Alice Springs. -- Northwest of Western Australia - De Grey River near Port Hedland -- Flooding also in northern part of South Australia	03/30/88	04/01/88	3	5			Heavy rain		Worst in 30 years in Northern Territory	2		Tsu	18,140	3.0
1988-011	West Germany	West Germany - Danube River in Bavaria. towns: Niederachdorf, Beuel, Bamberg, Koln, Regensburg, Passau, Dresden, Bonn. Flooding also on the Main, Rhine, Mosel, Elbe, Donlau and Neckar rivers.	03/26/88	03/30/88	5	6	3,500		Heavy rain	See notes	Danube in Bavaria "worst flooding in 70 years"	2		CpSe*	105,500	10.5
1988-010	Argentina	Buenos Aires city, 35 flooded districts. La Plata, Moron and Quilmes. La Plata River	03/25/88	03/28/88	4	24	57,000		Heavy rain			1		TsoCp	11,060	1.5
1988-009	Southern Africa	Botswana - Francistown and Mahalapye sub-districts -- Mozambique - Pungoe River in Sofala and Manica provinces. Limpopo River in Gaza Province. -- Zimbabwe - Honde River on Mozambique border, widespread flooding in rural areas. -- South Africa - Natal, Cape and Free State. Durban and its surrounding areas.	03/08/88	03/15/88	8	18	24,000		Heavy rain		Pungoe River in Mozambique "biggest floods for the decade"	1	21,000	Tsz	388,500	13.0
1988-008	Peru	Cusco Province - town of Alto Urubamba. Urubamba River	02/22/88	02/22/88	1							1		Tsu	5,170	0.1
1988-007	South Africa	Central, northern and northwestern South Africa - Provinces: Orange Free State, Natal and Cape. Karoo plains. Towns: Bloemfontein, Douglas, Jacobsdal, Ritchie, Ladysmith, Barkly West, Groblershoop. Rivers: Orange, Modder, Riet, Vaal, . Spitskop dam burst on the Modder River.	02/10/88	03/02/88	22	24	10,000	$400,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	"flood line is already higher than the level reached in 1974"	1		Tso	51,000	7.0
1988-006	Indonesia	Central Java - Karanganyar and Bantul Districts. towns: Solo, Nglorog, Kretek	02/05/88	02/06/88	2	7	3,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1	100	Tpz	7,790	0.6
1988-005	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro state - Rio de Janeiro's northern suburbs including Duque de Caxias and Nova Iguacu. Cities: Petropolis, Teresopolis, Baixada Fluminense, S.J. Do Meriti, Nilopolis, C. De Macacu. Quitandinha and Bingen rivers.	02/01/88	02/10/88	10	290	25,000	$10,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	worst flooding in the Rio's history	2		Tpo	9,180	4.4
1988-004	US - South	Southeastern Louisiana - St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes. Little Tchefuncte, Tangipahoa and Bogue Falaya rivers	02/01/88	02/04/88	4	3			Heavy rain			1		Tsu	2,700	0.7
1988-003	Dominican Republic	North central area	02/01/88	02/02/88	2	4	2,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	10,490	0.7
1988-002	Costa Rica and Panama	Costa Rica - Limon Province. Laistonia area. Guacimo, Siquirres, Matina Cantons, Sixaola, Bri-Bri, Alta Talamanca. -- Panama - Province: Bocas Del Toro. Sixaola area, Guabito city. Changuinola and Sixaola rivers.	01/30/88	02/05/88	7	9	7,000	$7,000,000	Heavy rain			1	60,000	Tpo	10,880	2.0
1988-001	US- Hawaii	Oahu Island - southeast area. Koolau Mountains, Waimanalo, Niu Valley to Kailua.	01/01/88	01/02/88	2	0	2,800	$28,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	"worst disaster I've ever seen in the 44 years I've been in Hawaii"	1		Tpo	386	0.1
		Yearly Totals or Averages			8.2	6,229	20,317,659	$11,523,995,494					19,307,557		8,038,336
An archive number is assigned to any flood that appears to be "large": significant damage to structures or agriculture, long intervals since the last similar event, and/or fatalities
*Severity assessment is on 1-3 scale
Class I: large flood events: significant damage to structures or agriculture; fatalities; and/or 1-2 decades-long reported interval since the last similar event.
Class 2: very large events: greater than 20 yr but less than 100 year recurrence interval, and/or a local recurrence interval of at 10-20 yr.
Class 3: Extreme events: with an estimated recurrence interval greater than 100 years
**Flood Magnitude = ln(duration) * severity class * sqrt(affected region)/100 {if duration=1, then duration is set at 1.1 for this calculation.}
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