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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