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1998 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 inuation limit file names***	Notes and Comments
184	USA	Oregon, Washington	Tillamook, McKenna, Wilson, Nisqually	27-Dec-98	30-Dec-98	4		70		Heavy rain		2	1		Cp	105,300	4.5		Worst since February 1996.
183	Indonesia	West Java Province	Kelawing	27-Dec-98	31-Dec-98	5		9,600		Brief torrential rain			1	300	Tpz	46,300	3.5
182	Congo	Northeast Likouala region		24-Nov-98	30-Nov-98	7		20,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	59,070	4.7
181	Honduras	San Pedro, Sula, Chamelecon, Choloma, Puerto Cortes		27-Nov-98	30-Nov-98	4		20,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	18,010	1.9
180	Vietnam -Tropical Storm Elvis	Provinces - Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai		25-Nov-98	25-Nov-98	1	49		$         30,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	9,570	0.1		Yearly occurance.
179	Vietnam -Typhoon Dawn	Quang Nam-Da Nang Province		19-Nov-98	24-Nov-98	6	90	2,000,000	$         22,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	10,720	1.9
178	Indonesia	East and West Nusa Tenggara		17-Nov-98	22-Nov-98	6	15	12,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	56,180	4.2
177	Somalia	Middle Juba Region	Juba	18-Nov-98	30-Nov-98	13		300		Heavy rain			1	5,000	Tpz	8,700	2.4		Second year in a row.
176	Vietnam - Tropical Storm Chip	Central Provinces		13-Nov-98	16-Nov-98	4	17		$         17,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tpz	25,140	2.2		Second in months.
175	USA	Texas - Montgomery County	Trinity, San Jacinto, Colorado, Neches, Guadalupe	13-Nov-98	15-Nov-98	3		100		Heavy rain			1		Tsu	15,210	1.4
174	Mozambique	Central - Beria		1-Nov-98	10-Nov-98	10	2			Heavy rain			1		Tsz	78,990	6.5
173	Dominican Republic	Neita, Bonad, Santiago, Montecristi, Masi	Pedro	10-Nov-98	12-Nov-98	3	2	200		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	32,650	2.0
172	Ukraine, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary	Ukraine - Carpithian region Northeast Hungary	Tisza	5-Nov-98	23-Nov-98	19	16	25,000	$           3,000,000	Heavy rain		50	2	3,500	CpSe*	91,280	17.8
171	Germany	Germany - Lower Saxony, Southern Bavaria	Rhine	31-Oct-98	17-Nov-98	18	3			Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	79,670	8.2
170	USA	Southeast Kansas - Wichita, Augusta Northeast Oklahoma	Chikaskia, Whitewater	30-Oct-98	31-Oct-98	2	1	2,000	$         37,000,000	Heavy rain			1		TsuCpSe*	50,300	1.6
169	Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador - Hurricane Mitch	Carribean Coast		24-Oct-98	5-Nov-98	13	11,000	2,000,000		Brief torrential rain		24	2		Tpo	241,300	25.2		Worst hurricane since 1974.
168	Taiwan -Typhoon Babs		Keelung	23-Oct-98	24-Oct-98	2	156	400,000	$         55,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tszo	24,810	1.1		Second storm in 2 months.
167	Vietnam	Provinces - Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Ninh Thuan, Phu Yen		16-Oct-98	23-Oct-98	8	42		$         13,700,000	Heavy rain			1	11,000	Tpz	24,650	3.3
166	England, Wales	Wales and Southwest England	Rhondda, Dart, Barle, Wye	22-Oct-98	24-Oct-98	3	11	400		Heavy rain		20	1		Cp	52,220	2.5
165	Ghana	Accra		19-Oct-98	24-Oct-98	6	3			Heavy rain		3	1		Tpz	25,280	2.8
164	USA	Texas - San Antonio, New Braunfels	Guadalupe, Plum Creek	17-Oct-98	23-Oct-98	7	29	5,300	$    1,000,000,000	Heavy rain		500	3		Tsu	20,710	8.4
163	Brazil	Parana State - Uniao da Vitoria	Iguacu	3-Oct-98	14-Oct-98	12		8,500		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	119,100	8.6
162	India	Andhra Pradesh State		1-Oct-98	20-Oct-98	20	230	80,000	$       530,000,000	Heavy rain			1	1,150,000	Tpz	194,200	13.2
161	Philippines, Taiwan -Typhoon Zeb			13-Oct-98	17-Oct-98	5	48	30,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	70,500	4.3
160	Iran	Caspian Sea Coast		3-Oct-98	9-Oct-98	7	8			Heavy rain			1		TsuCs	37,480	3.8
159	Nigeria	Western Kwara State		12-Oct-98	18-Oct-98	7		110,000		Heavy rain	Dam/Levy, break or release		1		Tpz	29,090	3.3
158	Algeria	Hachima, Bouria, Bechloul		23-Sep-98	24-Sep-98	2	1	700		Brief torrential rain			1		Tpu	15,760