Last updated 9:00 PM EST, April 14, 2006 by ERG
1994 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
121	Philippines - Typhoon Garding	Leyte, Negros (Bacolod), Samar, Cebu, Panay		19-Dec-94	23-Dec-94	5	10	548,000	$           1,210,000	Tropical cyclone	Dam/Levy, break or release		1			51,070	3.6		Dam burst in Bacolod.
120	Djibouti	Djibouti		9-Dec-94	15-Dec-94	7	40	100,000		Heavy rain			1			2,680	1.0		4/5 of the capital submerged.
118	Indonesia	West Sumatra Province - Pesisir Selatan		2-Dec-94	7-Dec-94	6	6	640	$           1,500,000	Heavy rain			1			38,750	3.5		Flooding and landslides.  Thousands of hectares of crops and residential areas flooded.  Over 160 houses destroyed.  Thousands of livestock lost.  Roads to Jambi cut off by landslides.
117	Somalia	Bosasso		19-Nov-94	21-Nov-94	3	30			Heavy rain			1			16,610	1.4		Boats and homes swept away.
116	Djibouti	Djibouti, Ali-Sabieh, Dikhil	Ambouli	17-Nov-94	22-Nov-94	6	70	100,000		Heavy rain			1			20,790	2.6
115	Iran	Western Provinces:  Bushehr, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Ilam, Hamedan, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Kohkiluyeh-Boyerahmad, Tehran	Karun, Karkheh	14-Nov-94	28-Nov-94	15	13	40,000	$       171,400,000	Heavy rain			1	120,000		271,200	14.1		120,000 hectares of farmlands inundated.  10,000 houses damaged.
114	Ethiopia	North Omo Zone - Gofa, Guba Ganchilla		12-Nov-94	18-Nov-94	7	22			Heavy rain	see notes		1			20,500	2.8		Underground spring tore the ground open with a volcano-like explosion and caused massive flooding and landsliding.  Homes and farmland submerged.
113	Cuba - Typhoon Gordon	Eastern Cuba, Northwest Coast		6-Nov-94	14-Nov-94	9	2	100,000		Tropical cyclone			1			84,990	6.4		12,000 homes flooded in eastern Cuba.
112	Jamaica - Typhoon Gordon			6-Nov-94	14-Nov-94	9	4			Tropical cyclone			1			11,110	2.3		Flooding and mudslides.  Worst on the western side of the island.
111	Haiti - Typhoon Gordon	Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane, Ganthier		5-Nov-94	15-Nov-94	11	400		$           3,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1			26,430	3.9		Thousands homeless. Roads used for food aid for 300,000 people impassable.
123	Somalia	Southwestern Regions: Shabelle, Juba	Jubba, Shabeelle	4-Nov-94	11-Nov-94	8	100			Heavy rain			1			83,020	6.0		Many farms submerged.
110	Egypt	Provinces: Asyut - Dronka (Durunka), Sohag, Qena		2-Nov-94	8-Nov-94	7	593	100,000	$       500,000,000	Heavy rain	see notes	50	2	4,200		44,070	8.2		Flood waters carrying burning oil from a fuel depot swept through Dronka.  507 killed in Dronka, 86 killed by flooding in other provinces. Sohag: 750,000 oxen, goats, sheep, and poultry killed.  2,513 homes collapsed and 4,200 hectares (10,400 acres) of land flooded.
109	Indonesia	West Nusa Tenggara Province	Tanggik	1-Nov-94	4-Nov-94	4	31			Heavy rain			1			19,940	2.0		Flooding and mudslides.
108	Jordan	Mafrak, Zarka, Maan, Madaba	Jordan	1-Nov-94	4-Nov-94	4	21			Heavy rain			1			68,730	3.6		Torrential rains rare in Jordan.
107	Italy	Northern Regions: Piedmont, Cuneo, Liguria, Tuscany, Piacenza	Po	1-Nov-94	10-Nov-94	10	83	10,308	$    4,000,000,000	Heavy rain		80	2			90,170	13.8		Half of the farmland in the area no longer fit for cultivation.
106	India	Andhra Pradesh coast		30-Oct-94	4-Nov-94	6	230	16,000		Tropical cyclone			1			110,700	6.0		1,700 houses damaged and 130,000 acres of crops flooded.
105	Greece	Athens, Rhodes Island, Kardhitsa Region, Kasos Island		24-Oct-94	27-Oct-94	4	14	1,000	$       437,700,000	Heavy rain			1			36,620	2.7		Kardhitsa cotton fields destroyed.
104	India	Tamil Nadu - Madras		27-Oct-94	31-Oct-94	5	40			Tropical cyclone			1			89,230	4.8
103	China	Shandong Province: Longtan Waterfall, Laoshan Mountains		19-Oct-94	20-Oct-94	2	17			Heavy rain			1			13,150	0.8		Flash flood at a waterfall due to preceeding heavy rain.  17 tourists swept away.
102	Philippines - Typhoon Axel	Leyte: Tacloban City, Maasin Mindanao: Surigao del Sur - Tandag, Tago		18-Oct-94	22-Oct-94	5	12	12,480		Tropical cyclone			1			13,650	1.9
101	Philippines - Typhoon Teresa (Katring)	Luzon: Manila, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Polilio Islands		18-Oct-94	22-Oct-94	5	4	50,000	$             280,000	Tropical cyclone			1			12,750	1.8		60% of houses on Polilio Island were destroyed.
100	USA	Texas: Houston	San Jacinto, Neches, Brazos, Trinity	17-Oct-94	23-Oct-94	7	19	10,000	$       700,000,000	Heavy rain			1			72,990	5.3		Flooding caused 4 oil pipelines to rupture, spilling over 1 million gallons into the San Jacinto river and catching fire.
99	Guatemala	Suchitepequez Province - Chicacao		9-Oct-94	13-Oct-94	5	10			Heavy rain			1			45,760	3.4		Flooding and landslides.
98	Algeria	Provinces: Bordj Bou Arreridj, Tiaret, Bouira, Tissemslit, Naama, Djelfa, Adrar		21-Sep-94	26-Sep-94	6	32	1,200		Heavy rain			1			108,200	5.9		Crops damaged.
97	Philippines	Luzon: Mount Pinatubo area	Pasig Potrero	19-Sep-94	24-Sep-94	6	16	10,000	$             380,000	Monsoonal Rain			1			4,150	1.2		Flooding and mudslides.  20 villiages buried in up to 10 ft of water and mud.
96	Russia	Maritime Territory (Primorye): Nokhodka, Vladivostok	Ussuri, Lazovka, Avakumovka	17-Sep-94	26-Sep-94	10	13	700,000	$       290,000,000	Heavy rain		70	2	25,000		140,100	17.2		Heaviest flooding in 70 yrs.  Floods hit during harvest - only 30% of vegetables and potatoes saved.
95	Burkina Faso			16-Sep-94	20-Sep-94	5	4	4,000		Heavy rain			1			271,900	8.4		Unusually heavy rain.  Positive impact on agriculture.
94	Nigeria, Niger	Nigeria: Borno State - Maiduguri Niger: Agadez	Alo	11-Sep-94	15-Sep-94	5	142	180,000		Heavy rain	Dam/Levy, break or release		1			317,300	9.1		Nigeria: Dam on the Alo River damaged.  Dike on a lake burst flooding Maiduguri with 6 ft of water. Niger: 5,300 domestic animals killed.  Thousands of acres flooded, wells and graneries destroyed.
93	Cameroon	Logone-Chari Province	Alo	9-Sep-94	14-Sep-94	6	6	400		Heavy rain	Dam/Levy, break or release		1			11,420	1.9		Unseasonably heavy rain.  Water released from dam on the Alo River to relieve pressure, further flooding the villiages.
92	Thailand	Provinces: An Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, Long An	Mekong	3-Sep-94	18-Dec-94	107	407	2,000,000	$       208,000,000	Heavy rain	Monsoonal rain	26	2	80,000