Last updated 9:00 PM EST, May 2, 2006 by ERG
1990 Global Register of Major Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column
DFO #	Country	Detailed Locations	Rivers	Began	Ended	Duration (days)	Dead	Displaced	Damage (USD)	Main cause	Secondary cause	Recurrence Interval (anecdotal)	Severity Class*	Hectares flooded	Hayden Code	Affected Region ( sq km)	Flood Magnitude**	MODIS flood inundation limit file names***	Notes and Comments
104	USA	Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia	Kankakee, White, Ohio, Wabash	31-Dec-90	3-Jan-91	4		3,500		Heavy rain		15	1		CpSe*	177,900	5.8		Ohio River in West Virginia at its highest level in 15 yrs.  Indiana declared a federal disaster area.
103	Peru	Highlands: Huancayo, Santa Rosa de Lima	Shullcas	28-Dec-90	30-Dec-90	3	20	2,000		Heavy rain			1		Tsu	111,300	3.7		Shullcas River 20 yrds above normal.
102	England	Cumbria, Birmingham, Lancashsire	Rea	25-Dec-90	28-Dec-90	4	3			Heavy rain			1		Cp	47,110	3.0		Significant wind damage in addition to flooding.
101	Sri Lanka	Ampara		23-Dec-90	27-Dec-90	5		40,000		Heavy rain			1	2,834	Tpz	9,710	1.6		7,000 acres of paddy fields affected.
100	USA	Northwest Indiana	Kankakee	26-Nov-90	30-Nov-90	5	2	1,000	$         36,000,000	Heavy rain			1		TsuCpSe*	21,310	2.3
99	Philippines - Typhoon Mike	Leyte, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Palawan Islands		12-Nov-90	16-Nov-90	5	176	984,356	$         61,570,000	Tropical cyclone		9	1		Tpz	55,710	3.8		"Su[er typhoon" - most powerful in 9 yrs.  Export crops wiped out include mango, banana, coconut, and sugarcane.
98	USA	Washington Counties - Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King	Skagit, Cedar, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Snohomish, Stillaguamish, Nooksack	10-Nov-90	15-Nov-90	6		500	$         12,800,000	Heavy rain			1		Cp	23,290	2.7		Near record levels of flooding.
97	Honduras	Department of Cortes:  Choloma, Villanueva, Piementa, Potrerillos Department of Yoro:  El Progreso, Santa Rita Department of Gracias a Dios:  Brus Laguna, Puerto Lempira		9-Nov-90	21-Nov-90	13	9	20,000	$       100,000,000	Heavy rain			1	1,000,000	Tpo	41,830	5.2
96	Japan	Hokkaido Northern Honshu - Akita, Iwate, Miyagi		5-Nov-90	6-Nov-90	2	11			Heavy rain			1		TsoCp	118,200	2.4		Flooding and landslides.
95	Guyana	New Amsterdam	Berbice	3-Nov-90	8-Nov-90	6				Heavy rain			1		Tpo	1,760	0.8		Town under 3 feet of floodwater.
94	England, Ireland	Southern England, Northern Ireland	Tow	28-Oct-90	30-Oct-90	3	7	100		Heavy rain			1		Cp	148,000	4.2
93	Indonesia	Sulawesi - Teunom District	Krueng Teunom, Krueng On	26-Oct-90	29-Oct-90	4		300		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	7,030	1.2		Floods forced hundreds to flee their homes.  Hundreds of acres of newly planted crops destroyed.
92	Bangladesh	Districts - Bhola, Shariatpur	Meghna, Tatulia Rivers, Padma	26-Oct-90	29-Oct-90	4		4,500		Brief torrential rain			1	931	Tszo	1,040	0.4		2,300 acres of crops damaged.  Erosion of the Padma (Ganges) River devoured part of Naria subdistrict, Shariatpur district.
91	India	Tamil Nadu State - Nilgris (Blue Hills)		24-Oct-90	28-Oct-90	5	44			Monsoonal rain			1		Tszo	13,580	1.9		Flooding and landslides.
90	France	Var region, Alpes-Maritimes		18-Oct-90	19-Oct-90	2	1			Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	9,560	0.7		Scores of homes damaged.
89	India	States - Meghalaya, Assam		17-Oct-90	18-Oct-90	2	10	6,000	$           1,170,000	Heavy rain			1	83,000		93,840	2.1		83,000 hectares of land submerged in Goalpara district, Assam.
88	Bangladesh	Bogra District	Benglai, Jamuna	14-Oct-90	17-Oct-90	4		30,000		Heavy rain			1	24,291	Tszo	5,870	1.1		Erosion by the Jamuna (Brahmaputra) River left 1000 familes homeless.  60,000 acres of crops submerged, paddy crops on 12,500 acres totally damaged.
87	Brazil	Blumenau		14-Oct-90	15-Oct-90	2	17	2,000		Brief torrential rain			1		TsoCp	6,240	0.5		2 hrs of rain, severe floodind and mudslides.
86	Bangladesh	Districts - Manikganj, Sherpur, Gaibandha	Padma, Jamuna	10-Oct-90	13-Oct-90	4	9	700,000		Brief torrential rain			1	10,121	Tszo	41,680	2.8
85	Thailand -  Typhoons Ira and Lola	Central and Northeastern Provinces		8-Oct-90	26-Oct-90	19	11		$       400,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1	590,994	CSs*	162,400	11.9
84	Vietnam - Typhoons Ira and Lola	Provinces -  Dong Nai, Nghe Tinh, Thai Binh, Quang Nam-Danang, Thua Thien-Hue	Red	8-Oct-90	24-Oct-90	17	16	440,800		Tropical cyclone		10	1	202,429	Tpz	82,530	8.1		31.5 inches of rain in Quang Nam-Danang - all rivers swelled to the highest levels seen in 10 yrs.  Flood damaged 5,500 metric tons of paddy rice.
83	Scotland	Strathclyde, Glasgow, Edinburgh	Thames	6-Oct-90	7-Oct-90	2	1	300		Heavy rain	Tidal surge		1		Cp	26,550	1.1		Low pressure and gale-force winds led to an unusually high tide in the River Thames.
82	Martinique, USA - Tropical Storm Klaus	Puerto Rico, Bahamas, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia		4-Oct-90	6-Oct-90	3	6	1,500	$           1,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1		TsoCp	76,700	3.0
81	Bangladesh	Districts - Sirajganj, Pabna, Manikganj, Sylhet, Netrokona	Jamuna	26-Sep-90	30-Sep-90	5	14	300,000		Heavy rain			1	2,834	Tszo	33,260	2.9
80	Vietnam - Typhoon Ed	Provinces - Quang Nam-Danang, Quang Tri		22-Sep-90	26-Sep-90	5	29	560,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	20,590	2.3
79	Mexico	Chihuahua		22-Sep-90	25-Sep-90	4	45	5,000		Heavy rain		90	2		Tso	41,290	5.6		Over 5 inches of rain in the normally very dry city.  The worst storm to hit Chihuahua in 90 yrs.
78	Japan - Typhoon Flo	Honshu - Wakayama, Iwate Amami Islands		17-Sep-90	20-Sep-90	4	38	60,000	$           1,240,000	Extra-tropical cyclone