Last updated 4:00 PM EST, February 14, 2001 by EKA (Revised by av & sc, July 2003)
2000 Global Register of Extreme Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column
DFO #	Country	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**	Notes and Comments
2000-102	Central and southern Croatia and Yugoslavia	Central and southern Croatia - Coastal towns of Senj and Otocac. Neretva river at town of Metkovic. -- Yugoslavia - Montenegro Republic. Zeta River in Danilovgrad and surrounding towns. Cetinje, Kotor.	12/28/00	12/30/00	3		2,000		Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	1,050	0.4	Croatia -"In the southern part of the country, around the town of Metkovic, 490 kilometers south of Zagreb, the Neretva river flooded some hundred houses and devastated vegetable plantations" Montenegro -"The rising level of the Zeta River swamped sections of Danilovgrad and other towns in the area, forcing residents to evacuate more than 400 homes. " DISPLACED: Croatia: nd -- Yugoslavia: 2000CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-101	Sri Lanka - Cyclone	Districts of Ampara, Batticaloa, Anuradhapura, Trincomalee, Mannar and Polonnaruwa.	12/24/00	12/28/00	5	5	300,000		Monsoonal rain			1	20,000	Tpz	13,730	1.9	"The coastal districts of Ampara and Batticaloa were already underwater when the cyclone brought more rain on Tuesday..." CAUSE:Heavy monsoon rains and cyclone rains HECTARES FLOODED: 20,000 hectares of rice fields submerged
2000-100	Northern Australia	Northwestern Queensland near border with Northern Territory - Gulf of Carpentaria area; Cape York Peninsula; Barkly Highway. Towns: Doomadgee, Gregory, Burketown, Camooweal, Mt Isa, Karumba, Normanton. Rivers: Georgina, Flinders, Thompson, Barcoo, Burke, Diamantina, Albert, Gregory, Norman.	12/15/00	01/09/01	26		300	$24,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tsu	225,500	15.5	12/20 "Widespread flooding affecting almost half of Queensland had already cost the state $24 million, mostly in road damage" -- 12/27 " vast swathes of Australia's north is under water as a result of seasonal rains known as The Wet"CAUSE:Seasonal rains and floods arrive early
2000-099	Southeastern Brazil	States of Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul. Outskirts of Belo Horizonte, hills surrounding the port city of Santos, Alto Feliz	12/17/00	12/26/00	10	13	2,000		21	See notes		1		Tpo	578,300	17.5	"Worst hit was Espirito Santo where seven people were killed by mudslides that swept through hillside shantytowns" CAUSE:Floods and mudslides triggered by two days of heavy rain
2000-098	Philippines	Northern Panay Island - Capiz province	12/08/00	12/11/00	4	11	55,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	2,200	0.7	"Although the chest-deep floodwaters had receded slightly, many areas remained without electricity and rescuers had to use rubber boats, rowing boats and even military helicopters to pick up villagers who were stranded in their homes."  -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Strong rains brought about by a tropical depression
2000-097	Indonesia	Sumbawa Island - West Nusa Tenggara province - Taliwang subdistrict.	12/03/00	12/06/00	4	9	3,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes	"biggest in 50 years"	2		Tpz	590	0.7	"Flash floods triggered by two days of incessant rains inundated Taliwang subdistrict, Sumbawa district, last night, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents to safer areas" CAUSE:Flash floods triggered by two days of incessant rains
2000-096	Indonesia	Northern Sulawesi Island: Manado city. Minahasa district. Kaima village. Sario, Dendengan and Tondano rivers.	11/30/00	12/03/00	4	14	30,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	6,250	1.1	"Days of monsoon rains caused the city's three rivers to burst their banks late Thursday,"  -- No suitable Landsat7 data located as of 12/20CAUSE:Floods triggered by days of heavy rains
2000-095	Northern Tanzania	Mwanza city. Mabatini, Nyakato, Uhuru, Rufiji and Mlango Mmoja. Mirongo River. Gonja and Kirinjiko villages in the Kilimanjaro Region	12/01/00	12/31/00	31	3,600			Heavy rain		"worst in 10 years" ... "It was the first time in memory that such heavy flooding hit the region"	1		Tpz	18,960	4.7	"More than two hours of heavy rainfall on Friday caused the Mirongo River to swell on the outskirts of the Lake Victoria port of Mwanza and caught emergency services by surprise"  -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Flash floods following a heavy rainstorm
2000-094	Iran	Southwest, southern, central and northern regions - Provinces: Khuzistan, Lorestan, Ghilan. cities: Khoramabad, Ahwaz, Bandar-e-Anzali Caspian. Several towns south of Tehran were flooded, including a town in the foothills of the Alborz mountains	11/30/00	12/02/00	3				Brief torrential rain			1		Cs	83,730	3.2	"Torrential rains have brought flooding throughout Iran, ending the country's longest drought in 30 years"  -- No suitable Landsat7 data located as of 12/5CAUSE: Torrential rains
2000-093	Southern Philippines - Tropical storm Rumbia	Wide areas of Mindanao and the central Philippines - Visayasislands.	11/30/00	12/03/00	4	12	70,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	14,310	1.7	"At least 1,643 people were forced to flee their homes by rising floodwaters and big waves that threatened coastal villages in northern Mindanao"CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-092	Southern Somalia	Southern Lower and Middle Jubba regions. Main Jubba River.	11/20/00			0	150,000		Heavy rain			1	3,000	Tpz	51,400		"the main Jubba river started bursting its banks in the past few days... the river has already flooded about 60 villages, and large areas of farmland around them "  -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-091	Indonesia, Northern Malaysia and Southern Thailand	Indonesia - Northern Sumatra: provinces: West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Aceh, Jambi. Districts: Pesisir Selatan, Tanah Datar, Pasaman, Dairi, Bireun, Batangkapas. Towns: Banda Aceh, Padang, Malalo, Duo Koto, Taratak Teleng, Bayang, Lhokseumawe -- Thailand - Provinces: Songkhla, Nakorn Sri Thammarat, Pattalung, Surat Thani, Yala, Narathiwat, Trang, Satun, Pattani, Chumporn and Krabi. City of Hat Yai. -- Malaysia - States: Terengganu, Kedah, Kelantan. Districts: Kuala Krai, Pasir Puteh, Kubang Pasu, Kota Setar, Padang Terap, Kota Baharu, Pasir Mas, Tumpat, Besut, Kuala Pertang. Rivers: Sungai Bata, Sungai Kampung Telok Malik, Sungai Pantai Johor, Sungai Baru, Sungai Golok, Sungai Padang Terap.	11/21/00	12/01/00	11	243	68,682	$94,500,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	Indonesia "worst since 1953" -- Hat Yai, Thailand: "worst floods in 12 years"  -- Malaysia: "worst floods in 12 years"	1	753,907	Tpz	344,400	14.1	Sumatra: "Since the seasonal rains began in West Sumatra on Monday last week thousands of hectares of paddy fields have been inundated under two meters of water, and roads have been cut." -- Thailand: "The Bangkok Post said 700,000 head of livstock had perished and many fish and prawn farms were destroyed in the deluge that swamped the region over the past week"  DAMAGE: Indonesia: 37,000,000  -- Thailand: 57,500,000 FATALITIES: Indonesia: 170 -- Thailand: 53 -- Malaysia: 20 DISPLACED: Indonesia:  20,000 -- Thailand: 40,682 -- Malaysia: 8,000CAUSE:Several days of torrential rains causing flooding and landslidesHECTARES FLOODED: Sumatra: 13,756 hectares of farmla as well as 4,151 hectares of ready-for-harvest ricefields. -- Thaila, Songkhla province: 736,000 hectares of farmla were damaged
2000-090	Eastern South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal province - low-lying northern parts; Mtunzini area. Towns: Richard's Bay, KwaDlangezwa, Manzamyana, Saint Lucia, Emadulini, Nongoma. Rivers: Mzingazi, Sikhwedezi, Nkonjane	11/19/00	11/23/00	5	3	3,000		Brief torrential rain			1		Tso	25,650	2.6	"Weather forecasters told AFP the flooding had struck the same low-lying northern parts of KwaZulu-Natal that were hit by cyclone-driven floods that swept through southern Africa in February and March, devastating neighbouring Mozambique." CAUSE:Torrential rains
2000-089	Northeastern Sri Lanka	Northeastern Province - Districts: Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa and Ampara; thousands of villages inundated. Karativu, Pottuvil and Dehiattakandiya areas.	11/18/00	11/22/00	5	3	300,000	$3,000,000	Monsoonal rain			1	4,047	Tpz	7,600	1.4	"More than 150,000 people were forced from their homes by torrential rains that breached dams and caused rivers to flood in eastern districts of Sri Lanka, including areas government relief crews cannot reach because the regions are controlled by separatist rebels." CAUSE:Heavy monsoon rains
2000-088	Central Vietnam	Provinces: Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Quang Tri, Thua Thien-Hue, Ninh Thuan, Quang Ngai and Khanh Hoa	11/18/00	11/26/00	9	36	25,000	$15,000,000				1	4,047	Tpz	49,140	4.9	"New floods in Vietnam's central provinces have claimed 29 lives over the past few days, disaster relief officials said Tuesday." CAUSE: nd
2000-087	Eastern Australia	Northern New South Wales - Hunter Valley, northern tablelands, Lachlan Valley, Murray region. Towns: Gunnedah, Wee Waa, Narrabri, Maitland, Dubbo, Walgett, Tamworth, Coonamble, Ashford, Yetman, Denman, Muswellbrook, Calala, Woolomin, Mudgee, Ashford, Bourke and Brewarrina. Rivers: Peel, Namoi, Murray, Edward, Gwydir, Belubula, Castlereagh, Macquarie, Macintyre, Barwon. -- Queensland - town of Quilpie; Bulloo and Ward Rivers. Pioneer River in north coast town of Mackay	11/17/00	12/02/00	16		600	$265,000,000			NSW "worst floods for half a century"  -- Biggest flood in 100 years in Mackay, Qld	2	21,500,000	Tso	112,000	18.6	"Hundreds of traumatised victims were evacuated from their homes on Tuesday as the worst floods for half a century turned parts of eastern Australia into an inland sea the size of Britain." ... "We've never had a loss of this magnitude before ... as floodwater inundated a third of the state" ... "wettest November on record"CAUSE: nd  HECTARES FLOODED: 215,000 sq kilometers  -- "a third of the state uerwater. "
2000-086	Saudi Arabia	Wadi Setarah. cities: Jeddah and Mecca	11/15/00	11/18/00	4	7	300		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Cs	10,790	1.4	"Storm waters three metres deep flashed through Wadi Setarah, drowning a husband and wife, her mother, a brother and the couple's three children" CAUSE:Heavy rains causing flash floods
2000-085	NorthernVenezuela	The capital city of Caracas, Vargas and eight other states on the northern coast and to the west	11/12/00	11/17/00	6	3	6,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	77,730	5.0	"the latest flooding has not reached nearly the same magnitude as last year's disaster, and Chavez declared the state of emergency as a precautionary measure." CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-084	Canada	Southeastern Manitoba. Sivurtburn, Winnipeg area. Red River	11/08/00	11/10/00	3				Heavy rain		"Red River was at its highest fall level since 1912"	1		TsuCpSs**	7,560	1.0	"Some 9.8 inches of rain was recorded in southeastern Manitoba over the past few days, the heaviest in 90 years, and flood waters have soaked farmers' fields and damaged roads in the area." CAUSE:Record rainfall
2000-083	Indonesia	Central Java - districts: Purworejo, Kebumen, Purbalingga	11/05/00	11/07/00	3	21			Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	7,590	1.0	"Landslides and floods which had struck three districts in Indonesia's Central Java province following two days of torrential rains" CAUSE:Torrential rains causing floods and landslides
2000-082	Northern Italy	Northwest Italy between Genoa and San Remo - Imperia province. Liguria region: Savona and Ventimiglia. Val D'Aosta, Alassio. Rivers: Po, Secchia and Oglio.	11/05/00	11/07/00	3	3	30		Heavy rain			1		CpSe*	23,850	1.7	"Four people were killed as heavy rains and strong winds swept across northern Italy, causing floods and landslides, and forcing scores of people to evacuate their homes." CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-081	US - Texas	Central and Southeast Texas - Counties: Kimble, Mason , Kerr, Gillespie. Llano River	11/02/00	11/07/00	6	6						1		Tso	9,650	1.8	"A new record for rainfall in a 24-hour period was set at Dallas-Fort Worth airport on Sunday, when 2.14 inches of rain surpassed the earlier mark of 1.59 inches set in 1957."CAUSE:Slow passage of a cold front and upper-level low pressure system through the state
2000-080	Philippines - Typhoon Bebinca	Luzon Island - Provinces: Rizal, Laguna, Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. Manila area, suburban Taguig	11/03/00	11/05/00	3	43	668,000	$2,600,000	Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	6,000	0.9	"Government offices, schools, financial markets and many private establishments were closed as floodwaters covered huge areas of the capital, rising above head height in some places," CAUSE:Typhoon rains
2000-079	US - Hawaii	Eastern side of Main Island -  Hilo area	11/02/00	11/03/00	2		100	$20,000,000	Heavy rain		"This is the worst I've seen in the last six years. "	1		Tpo	86	0.1	"U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) officials say 25 inches of rain have fallen at Hilo Airport in less than 24 hours, breaking a record set in 1979" ... "We've got houses swept off the foundations, vehicles floating, "CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-078	Northern and Eastern Tiawan - Typhoon Xangsane	Counties: Taipei, Pingtung, Kaohsiung, Cities: Keelung, Taipei, Hsichih, Chitu. Keelung River	11/01/00	11/04/00	4	58		$77,000,000	Tropical cyclone		"worst flooding in Taiwan in 30 years"	1		Tszo	4,500	0.9	"Typhoon Xiangsane brought heavy rain and winds, causing severe flooding and mudslides that swept away homes and roads in many areas."  -- No suitable Modis9 data locatedCAUSE:Typhoon rains
2000-077	UK and Ireland	UK - England, eastern Scotland, northern Wales - Kent, Sussex, the North East, Yorkshire and the Midlands, County Durham, Northumberland, Hampshire, West Sussex. Towns: Skipton, Stockbridge, Shipley, Cottingley, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Bewdley, Yalding, Bath, Shropshire, Leeds, York, Selby, Ripon, Malton, Norton, Skinningrove, Lanchester, Ironbridge, Bridgnorth, Upton on Severn, Burton upon Trent, Doncaster, Uckfield, Ponteland, Exton, West Meon, Barlby, Selby, Surrey, Chichester. Rivers: Ouse, Derwent, Severn, Trent, Dee, Thames, Beult, Teise, Rother, Uck Aire, Foss, Stour, Ure, Gaunless, Don, , Pont, Meon, Medway, Wey, Lavant and Ems. -- Southern Ireland - Bantry in Co Cork, Clonmel in Co Tipperary, Enniscorthy in Co Wexford and Arklow in Co Wicklow. Rathfarnham, Kimmage. Rivers: Poddle, Dodder, Blackwater, Suir	10/29/00			13	6,000	$3,000,000,000	Heavy rain		"worst spate of flooding since the "Great	3		C	96,950		"Britain was crippled by the worst storms for a decade ... Much of Britain's railway network was brought to a standstill by debris and floods ... Warnings of severe flooding were in effect on 22 rivers from Britain's lowlands to its mountains"  ... "Fourteen severe flood warnings were in place on nine rivers, with rivers in Yorkshire, northern England, and the River Severn, in the west, the chief areas of concern." -- "The River Derwent at Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire, peaked at 32.5 feet - the highest ever recorded" -- "A large part of England and Wales are affected by flooding. The worst floods have been on the Ouse and Derwent Rivers in northeastern England, the Dee in North Wales, the Severn and Trent in the Midlands, and a large number of rivers in southern England, including the Thames, Beult, Teise, Rother and Uck." -- "A spokesman from the Met Office confirmed that England and Wales had experienced the wettest autumn since its records began in 1766." FATALITIES: UK: 12 -- Ireland: 1CAUSE:Heavy rain from storm HECTARES FLOODED:
2000-076	Indonesia	West and Central Java - Districts: Cilacap, Banyumas, Tasikmalaya. Towns: Cibalung, Bandarpanjang, Kupa, Bantarkalong	10/29/00	10/31/00	3	40	10,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1	1,492	Tpz	13,700	1.3	"More than 600 other houses, and wide tracts of rice fields were inundated by up to two meters (more than six feet) of water"  -- No suitable Modis9 data located  CAUSE:Floods and landslides triggered by days of heavy rains
2000-075	Philippines - Typhoon Xangsane	Philippines - Southeastern Luzon: Provinces: Cavite, Sorsogon, Catanduanes, Samar, Albay. Manila and nearby areas	10/28/00	10/31/00	4	41	100,000	$12,500,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	7,000	1.2	"Thirty-six villages in the capital were still submerged in "flood waters ranging from one foot to waist deep,"" CAUSE:Flash floods triggered by continuing heavy rains
2000-074	Israel	Tel Aviv area, Jaffa; Gaza Strip	10/24/00	10/26/00	3	1	600		Heavy rain			1		TsuCs	3,000	0.6	"Naval commandos rescued trapped families from their balconies Wednesday as rain-driven floods swept across the Tel Aviv area, temporarily closing the city's main highway and driving hundreds of residents from their homes" CAUSE:Heavy rain - 3 inches of rain fell in six hours
2000-073	Western Algeria and Eastern Morocco	Algeria - Regions of Naama and Tlemcen. Town: Ain Sefra, Sidi Bel Abbes, Relizane and El Bayadh  -- Morocco - eastern region of Taza	10/22/00	10/25/00	4	28	400		Brief torrential rain			1		Tpu	101,500	4.4	"Six people were reported dead and a dozen missing Tuesday following flash floods in western Algeria, near the border of Morocco"  FATALITIES: Algeria: 28 DISPLACED: Algeria: 100  -- Morocco: 300CAUSE:flash floods
2000-072	US - Arizona	La Paz County. Towns: Wenden, Salome. Centennial Wash.	10/22/00	10/23/00	2	1	500	$7,800,000	Brief torrential rain			1		Cp	300	0.1	"The towns of Wenden and Salome usually get about one-half inch of rain in the entire month of October. But they were drenched by 1.2 inches of rain that fell from Saturday night through Sunday night ... Vehicles in Wenden were turned on their sides by the flood's force and almost completely submerged under murky water that was 8 feet deep in some places. " CAUSE:flash flood
2000-071	Eastern Spain	11 provinces along Spain's Mediterranean coast. Regions: Valencia, Murcia, Catalonia, Amposta, Zaragoza, Teruel and Albacete. Cities: Cartagena, Tarragona, Murcia, Valencia, Ramonte, Cambrils, Teruel, Alicante, Sagunto. Rivers: Ebro, Palancia	10/20/00	10/26/00	7	8	500	$75,000,000	Brief torrential rain			1		TsuCs	26,690	3.2	"Heavy rains Monday inundated Spains Mediterranean coast, forcing rescue workers to evacuate dozens of people from their homes in the region of Valencia while six were feared dead near Tarragona and Murcia, officials said. Floods affected entire neighbourhoods in Cartagena, entering shops, garages and homes and leaving the eastern city practically at a standstill. " CAUSE:Torrential rains
2000-070	Northwestern  Italy and Southern Switzerland	Italy - Regions: Valle D'Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria. Towns: San Rocco al Porto, Turin, Pavia, Cremona, San Benedetto Po, Parma, Piacenza. Rivers: Po and Ticino. -- Switzerland - Valais canton, village of Gondo; Locarno, Lake Maggiore area, Martigny.	10/14/00	10/22/00	9	37	43,000	$50,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	Italy: highest levels on Po River "at least a half- century" -- Switzerland: "damage has exceeded that from 1993 flooding"	2		CpSe*	44,550	9.3	"Italy hurried more than 15,000 people from the path of two raging rivers Tuesday as flood waters that wreaked death in Alpine towns bore down on the medieval villages and cities of the northern Italian plains. " -- 'This is the Po's worst flood we've ever had" FATALITIES: Italy: 25 -- Switz: 12 DISPLACED: Italy: 43,000 CAUSE:Five days of torrential rains causing flooding and mudslides
2000-069	Southern China	Hainan Province - 610 villages in northern and eastern areas including Qionghai, Wenchang, and Ding'an. -- Guangdong Province - Xuwen County	10/12/00	10/18/00	7	10	200,000		Tropical cyclone		Hainan "The worst floods in a century"	2	66,000	Tszo	11,170	4.1	"A total of 600 millimetres of rain fell on many eastern and northern areas from October 11-16, causing flash floods and landslides in some of the worst rainstorms to hit the island for at least 50 years"  -- No suitable Modis 250m, Modis 9 or Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:"Tropical depression and cold air from the north ... leading to the torrential rains"
2000-068	Southern Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul State - Cities: Viamao, greater Porto Alegre,	10/12/00	10/15/00	4	6	5,000		Heavy rain			1		TsoCp	10,250	1.4	"The rainstorms, which began last Wednesday, lashed 33 cities and rural towns in Rio Grande do Sul state," CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-067	Mexico	Tabasco State - Villahermosa area.	10/10/00	10/17/00	8		1,500					1		Tso	3,000	1.1	"...annual flooding, which has affected more than 300,000 people in at least a dozen towns this year" CAUSE:Annual flooding
2000-066	UK	Southeastern England - East and West Sussex, northwest Kent and Devon, Hampshire. Towns: Uckfield, Lewes, Maidstone, Yalding, Tonbridge. Rivers: Uck, Ouse, Medway	10/11/00	10/14/00	4	0	1,000	$5,900,000,000	Heavy rain		"worst floods in the region for 40 years"	1		C	5,300	1.0	"Millions of pounds worth of damage was caused to homes and businesses as flood waters deluged property, blocked main roads and disrupted and in some cases halted rail services." CAUSE:Heavy rain
2000-065	Central Vietnam	Provinces: Lam Dong, Dac Lac, Binh Duong, Khanh Hoa, Dong Nai, Ninh Thuan, Tay Ninh, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Ha Tinh. Districts: Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh. Cities: Hoi An, Danang, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City. Thu Bon River	10/10/00	10/19/00	10	23	200,000		Monsoonal rain			1	48,351	Tpz	71,900	6.2	"Rainfall reached as much as 30 centimetres (12 inches) in central Vietnam causing water levels to hit danger points on several river systems,"CAUSE:Sporadic monsoon rains
2000-064	Columbia	Caribbean Coast and Andes regions. Rivers: Magdalena, Cauca, San Jorge and Sinu.	09/20/00			9	28,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz			"Heavy rains that have lasted two months in Colombia have killed nine people and affected 48,500 others in the Caribbean region ... According to weather forecast, heavy rains will last till December" CAUSE:Heavy seasonal rains
2000-063	Belize, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala - Hurricane Keith	Northeastern Belize - Belize City; San Pedro village on island of Ambergris Cay; Caye Caulker. Corozal District. -- Northwestern Nicaragua - Leon and Chinandega provinces. -- Mexico - Quintana Roo state, Chetumal city. Gulf coast of Tabasco. Tampico. -- Northern Costa Rica - towns of Quepos and Parrita	10/01/00	10/05/00	5	14	10,621		Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpo	3,900	1.0	"Flooding associated with Keith caused two deaths elsewhere in Central America and at least one in Mexico, but the worst damage came in Belize, where streets were flooded with more than a dozen inches (30 cms) of rain that had fallen since Sunday"  -- No suitable Modis 9 data located FATALITIES: Belize: 1 -- Nicaragua: 10 -- Mexico: 1 -- El Salvador: 1 -- Guatemala: 1 DISPLACED: Belize: 3296 -- Nicaragua: 2,800  -- Mexico: 4,000 -- Costa Rica: 525CAUSE:Torrential rains from stalled hurricane
2000-062	Nigeria	Lagos city	09/20/00	09/21/00	2				Brief torrential rain		"This is the worst I have seen in 12 years in Lagos"	1		Tpz	7,700	0.6	"The flooding was up to a metre (yard) deep in several low-lying areas of the city"... " tens of thousands of homes all over the city were inundated with water."CAUSE:Torrential rains
2000-061	Eastern India and Bangladesh	India --West Bengal State - Districts: Murshidabad, Birbhum, Nadia, Bardhaman, Hoogly, Howrah, Midnapore, North Dinajpur, Bankura, 24 Parganas. Towns: Mayapur, Salar, Bharatpur, Baroan, Kandi, Katwa, Muraroi, Calcutta. -- Bihar State - Districts: Munger, Bhalagpur, Dumka, Sahebganj, Deogarh, Madhupur, Josidih, Sheikhpura and Banka. Rivers: Ganges, Kosi, Bagmati, Burhi Ganduk, Hoogly, Kharia, Ichamati and Jamuna. Reservoirs discharged on Damodar, Mayurakshi and Ajoy Rivers. Water levels begin to recede in West Bengal on Oct 2. -- Bangladesh -- Districts: Jhenaidah, Chuadanga, Shariatpur, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra, Rajshahi, Manikganj, Kushtia, Chapainawabganj, Jessore, Magura, Satkhira and Meherpur. Towns: Rajshahi, Kurigram. Rivers: Padma Surma and Kushiyara. -- see also DFO-2000037 and DFO-2000031	09/18/00	10/21/00	34	1,468	24,000,000	$700,000,000	Monsoonal rain		Western Bangladesh: "worst in the region in the last 50 years" ... "worst in about 100 years"	2	1,500,000	Tszo	155,000	27.8	"Flooding is common in the eastern India and Bangladesh at this time of year, but it is usually not as extensive or sudden." ... "Besides the flash floods triggered by incessant torrential storms, the disaster is also man made. Sluice gates of at least three dams were opened to stop the water barriers from bursting. This not only worsened the situation in West Bengal but the overspill of water entered the neighboring Bangladesh rendering nearly 100,000 people homeless" ... "The floodwaters have drowned much of the Indian-Bangladesh border under 10 feet (3 meters) of water." -- Bangladesh: "The week-long floods have inundated the country's 10 western border districts, spared from devastating floods in 1998 when more than 1,200 people died. " DAMAGE: India: 700,000,000 -- Bang: "several million dollars worth of property and crops have been destroyed" FATALITIES: India: 1,358 -- Bang: 110 DISPLACED: India: 20,000,000 -- Bang: 4,000,000CAUSE:Late monsoon rains that triggered flash floods HECTARES FLOODED: West Bengal: 1,500,000 hectares
2000-060	Southwestern Mexico - Tropical storm Norman	Guerrero and Chiapas States. Cities: Tapachula, Acapulco, municipality of Concordia, Lazaro Cardenas.	09/19/00	09/22/00	4	9			Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tso	12,760	1.6	"In the western state of Guerrero, four people were reported dead and another dozen were missing, while floods cut off some 30,000 people in remote communities" CAUSE:Three days of driving rain causing flooding and mudslidesHECTARES FLOODED:
2000-059	Southern France	Departement of Herault . Cities: Marseille and Montpellier	09/19/00	09/20/00	2	6			Heavy rain	See notes		1		TsuCs	18,170	0.9	"more than 20 centimetres (eight inches) of rain fell between 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. in an area where annual rainfall is normally 70 centimetres" CAUSE:Severe rainstorm causing flash floods
2000-058	Southern Sri Lanka	Galle and Matara districts - Nagoda, Baddegama and Weliwitiya Divitura areas. Low lying areas in Colombo. Gin Ganga River	09/18/00	09/22/00	5	2	100,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	8,000	1.4	"The Sri Lankan navy has been mobilized to evacuate about 12,000 persons marooned in the southern part of the country due to heavy monsoon rains and floods during the past few days" CAUSE:Heavy rains for four days
2000-057	Northeastern Brazil	Pernambuco State, Recife city	09/16/00	09/18/00	3	3	10,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tpo	3,000	0.6
2000-056	Guatemala	Towns: Teleman, Zacapa, hillsides outside of Guatemala City. Concepcion River overflowed in Escuintla.	09/15/00	09/17/00	3	20	1,000		Heavy rain	See notes		1		Tpz	13,970	1.3	"Major highways were flooded and more than 50 homes have been destroyed throughout the country."... "People say they aren't afraid and choose to live in areas that during the rainy season are always hit with mudslides and floods," ... "The tragedies we are seeing now are in areas that everyone knew were unsafe." CAUSE:Four days of heavy rains causing floods and mudslides
2000-055	Central Japan and South Korea - Typhoon Somai	Japan - Prefectures: Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and Gifu. Cities: Nagoya, Daito, Inuyama, Nishibiwajima, Toyota, Higashiura. Rivers: Shonai, Shin, Kiso, Ishigase, 8 rivers in Aichi prefecture  . -- South Korea - (struck by Typhoon Somai on Sep 16) North and South Kyongsang provinces	09/11/00	09/17/00	7	13	100,000	$28,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1	6,000	TsoCpSe*	42,970	4.0	"The floods damaged 171 roads, swept away 12 bridges and triggered 452 landslides"... "The storm dumped 428 millimeters (17 inches) of rain on Nagoya on Tuesday alone, the highest figure recorded by the local observatory since records began in 1891" DAMAGE: Japan: 10,000,000 -- SKorea: 18,000,000 FATALITIES: Japan: 9 -- SKorea: 4 DISPLACED: Japan: 100,000CAUSE:Rains from Typhoon Saomai - "heaviest downpour ever in Japan" HECTARES FLOODED: SKorea: 6,000 ha
2000-054	North Korea	Northeastern province of South Hamgyong. Chongjin city.	08/31/00	09/04/00	5	42			Tropical cyclone			1		TsoCpSe*	16,450	2.1	"U.N. staff observed widespread damage from the storm that ravaged North Korea's east coast for 27 hours beginning the night of Aug. 31" CAUSE:Rains from a tropical storm
2000-053	El Salvador	Central and eastern regions	09/05/00	09/08/00	4	2	400		Heavy rain			1		Tso		-	"The rains have caused flooding throughout much of the country, causing rivers to jump their banks ... in the central and eastern regions" ... "forecasters expect the rains to continue over the next two days."CAUSE:Five days of heavy rains
2000-052	Philippines	Northern and eastern Manila city - districts of Caloocan, Quezon, Malabon	09/04/00	09/05/00	2	3	5,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	1,636	0.3	"A tropical depression north of the Philippines and a low-pressure area in the South China Sea combined to dump 90 milliliters of rain in Manila over a six-hour period"  -- No suitable Modis 9 data locatedCAUSE:90 milliliters of rain in 6 hours overflow Manila's drainage system
2000-051	Central and southern China - Typhoon Maria	Guangdong Province - Shaoguan city area, cities of Chaozhou and Jieyang. Beijiang River. -- Hunan Province - southern area. Chenzhou city	09/01/00	09/06/00	6	47	46,000	$169,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes		1	166,000	Tszo	25,900	2.9	Guangdong: "Dozens of reservoirs overflowed, hundreds of dikes were damaged and more than 200 hectares of farmland were flooded ... Total rainfall reached 163 millimetres in some areas, with streets in the cities of Chaozhou and Jieyang under 1 metre of water on Sunday and Monday"  -- In Hunan province the storm causes flash floods and landslides. -- No suitable Modis 9 data locatedCAUSE:Heavy rain from tropical storm HECTARES FLOODED: Hunan: 44,000 ha  -- Guangdong:122,000 ha
2000-050	China - Tibet	Tibet Autonomous Region - Counties: Gyangze and Bainang. Xigaze City. Nyangqu River	08/28/00	09/05/00	9		1,300		Heavy rain			1	333	Tszo	9,210	2.1	"Water in the Nyangqu River rose and exceeded the warning level on August 28. Over 120-meter breach along the dike in the Bainang county inundated over 333 hectares of farmland in the county, and over 600 families were affected. " CAUSE:Rainstorms since late August
2000-049	Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and Laos	--Mekong Delta -- Cambodia - Provinces: Takeo, Prey Veng, Kompong Cham, Kandal, Stung Treng, Kratie, Kompong Speu. Municipality of Phnom Penh. Districts: Peam Ro, Lovi-em. Rivers: Mekong, Bassac and Tonle Sap. Water levels begin to recede in Cambodia Oct 2, but begin rising again on Oct 15. -- Vietnam - Mekong Delta provinces: An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An, Kien Giang, Can Tho. Mekong River. -- Northeast Thailand - Provinces: 42 of Thailand's 76 provinces including Phetchabun. Districts: Lom Sak, Lom Kao. Cities: Phetchabun, Khon Kaen. -- Southeastern Laos - Provinces: Khammouan, Saravan, Champasak, Borikhamxay. Mekong River. -- see also DFO-2000042 and DFO-2000034	08/28/00			1,139	6,574,000	$782,000,000	Monsoonal rain		"Vietnamese government officials have declared this year's floods in the Mekong Delta the worst in seven decades, surpassing even the infamous floods of 1961 and 1966." -- Cambodia "worst in 70 years" -- "worst flooding in the Mekong Delta in 70 years" -- Laos "worst flooding in two decades"	2	3,161,710	Tpz	208,200		Sep 21 "The water level in the Mekong River as it passes Phnom Penh hit a record 11.20 meters (36.7 feet) on Thursday -- a point at which it would naturally flood the capital, home to more than one million people, if it weren't for hundreds of thousands of sandbags now lining the river at low points." -- Oct 17 "Flood waters continued to rise in the Mekong Delta Tuesday sparking fears that residents of the worst hit areas would be unable to harvest a spring rice crop...But torrential rains which lashed southern and central Vietnam throughout last week have again swollen the region's rivers." -- Oct 23 "The Mekong water levels have fallen, in general, by 60 to 70 cm relative to the peak levels reached in September but they will remain high until the end of the month," DAMAGE: Cambodia: 100,000,000 -- Vietnam: 250,000,000 -- Thailand: 185,000,000 -- Laos: nd -- Total Damage in Mekong Delta: 247,000,000 FATALITIES: Cambodia: 300 -- Vietnam: 407 -- Thailand: 43 -- Laos: 15 -- SE Asia total: 374 (also includes floods DFO- 2000034 and 2000042) DISPLACED: Cambodia: 500,000 -- Vietnam: 2,000,000 -- Thailand: 74,000 -- Laos: nd -- Total displaced in Mekong Delta: 4,000,000CAUSE:Heavy monsoon rains continue in Southeast Asia - (a continuation of DFO floods 2000034 and 2000042)  HECTARES FLOODED: Cambodia - one million hectares of rice crops destroyed or flooded -- Vietnam: 321,710 ha -- Thaila: 1,040,000 ha -- Laos: 72,500 ha -- "floodwaters cover more than 800,000 square kilometers in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thaila a Laos"
2000-048	Western India	Maharashtra State -  "low-lying areas"	08/30/00	09/01/00	3	40	5,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	36,850	2.1	"Swirling rivers from the neighboring flood-battered Andhra Pradesh state carried the water into the Maharashtra state and flooded low-lying areas. India's Star TV news says that thousands of people have been evacuated from the low-lying areas"  DISPLACED: "THOUSDANDS"CAUSE:Heavy rain and runoff from floods in state of Andhra Pradesh
2000-047	Eastern China, Russian Far East and Korea - Typhoon Prapiroon	China - Jiangsu Province - Northern coastal area, Xiangshui County. -- Russia - Primorye region - 11 districts in the southern and central parts of the Maritime Territory as well as the cities of Nakhodka, Ussuriisk, and Spassk-Dalny. Vladivostok area. (hit by Typhoon Prapiraoon on Sept 1) -- North and South Korea - Imjin River	08/30/00	09/10/00	12	31	14,140	$1,000,000	Tropical cyclone			1	463,933	TsoCp	81,860	7.1	"There were rainstorms for 24 hours, ... Xiangshui County received a 821 millimeters of precipitation, a record in the history of Jiangsu. The water level of some coastal rivers surpassed the warning line by 50-100 centimeters"  -- Russia - "A total of 2,077 houses were flooded in 50 towns and villages; 54 bridges, eight dikes and more than ten kilometers of power and telephone lines were damaged" DAMAGE: Russia: 1,000,000 FATALITIES: China: 4 -- Korea: 27 DISPLACED: China:13,800 -- Russia: 440CAUSE:Coastal river flooding from typhoon rains  HECTARES FLOODED: China: 363,933 ha -- Russia:1,000 sq km
2000-046	Northern India	Uttar Pradesh State -  Districts: Sidharthnagar, Gonda, Balrampur, Shravast, Bahraich, Raebareli and Barabanki. Regions: Farrukhabad, Badau, Hardoi and Pratapgarh. Towns: Bijnour, Azamgarh. Rivers: Ganges, Yamuna and Ghaghra. -- Bihar State - "Rivers Ganga, Burhi Gandak, Kosi, Bagmati and Punpun were all in spate affecting about five million people in over 2,146 villages in 21 north and central Bihar districts"	08/29/00	09/14/00	17	578			Monsoonal rain			1		Tszo	223,200	13.4	"Uttar Pradesh officials said major rivers were in spate in the sprawling province adjoining the Indian capital and added that relief and rescue operations were underway. They said the 31 died in the past 48 hours in eight flooded Uttar Pradesh districts. The latest deaths have taken the flood-related death toll in Uttar Pradesh to 226 since the onset of the monsoon in June"  FATALITIES: Uttar Pradesh: 131 -- Uttar Pradesh total for this season: 370 -- Bihar: 7 -- Bihar total for this season: 70CAUSE:Monsoon rains
2000-045	South Korea	Provinces: Cholla-namdo (Yongkwang, Sunchon); Cholla-pukto (Chongup, Sunchang, Kochang, Kunsan city); Chungchong-namdo (Poryong, Puyo, Nonsan, villages near Taejon) Rivers: Kum and Imjin	08/26/00	08/29/00	4	7	500	$27,000,000	Brief torrential rain			1	14,000	TsoCp	27,590	2.3	"the late summer rain spell was caused by the strong rain front formed by the collision of hot and humid atmospheric low pressure originating from the Pacific ocean with cold streams from China." CAUSE:Torrential rains swept the nation for five days in a row
2000-044	Central Ethiopia	Afar Region - Dubti Woreda district, Danakil Lowlands inundated. Dubti-Assaita city. Awash River	08/10/00	08/21/00	12	9	30,000		Heavy rain		Record high levels on the Awash at Dubti	1		Tpz	57,500	6.0	" It was reported that a seven-meter-high dike near Dubti failed to withstand the water level that reached a record high of 8.95 meters" CAUSE:More than a week of heavy rain
2000-043	Southern India	Andhra Pradesh State -  Hyderabad city, also13 districts in the state including: Guntur, Kurnool, Prakasam, Khammam, Rayalaseema, Nalgonda, Krishna, Nandial, East and West Godavari. River: Godavari. Aug 26 - a dam burst near Hyderabad. Aug 31 - Godivari River begins to recede.	08/23/00	08/31/00	9	162	3,000,000	$177,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes	"worst flood to hit the state in 50 years"	2	300,000	Tpz	129,500	15.8	"More than 90 neighborhoods in Hyderabad were submerged under 5 to 15 feet (1.5 to 4.5 meters) of water and hundreds of people were stranded on rooftops. A bridge in the heart of the city was damaged." ... "floods, which have inundated vaste swathes of Andra Pradesh including the state capital Hyderabad" -- August 31 -"water levels in the main Godavari river fell back below danger point"CAUSE:Four days of torrential monsoon rains
2000-042	Vietnam and Thailand - Tropical storm Kaemi	Central Vietnam - Provinces: Quang Ngai, Thua Thien Hue. Danang. Huong River . -- Northeastern Thailand - (hit by Kaemi on Aug 23) Provinces: Ubon Ratchathani, Si Sa Ket, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram. -- see also DFO-2000049 and DFO-2000034	08/21/00	08/28/00	8	14	400,500	$21,500,000	Tropical cyclone			1	326,000	Tpz	78,210	5.8	"Heavy rains from Kaemi inundated tens of thousands of hectares (acres) of rice fields along a 400-kilometer (250-mile) stretch in seven central provinces Monday"  DAMAGE: Vietnam: 6,400,000 -- Thailand: 15,100,000 FATALITIES: Vietnam: 5 -- Thailand: 9 DISPLACED: Vietnam: 500  -- Thailand: 400,000CAUSE:Tropical storm HECTARES FLOODED: Vietnam: >22,000 ha  -- Thaila: 304,000 ha
2000-041	Northeastern Iran	Khorasan province; Maneh va Salmaqan region	08/07/00	08/09/00	3	8	400	$6,000,000	Brief torrential rain			1	400	Cs	16,200	1.4	"floods... were sparked by heavy rains in the area of Bojnourd"CAUSE:flash flooding
2000-040	Cameroon	Douala city	08/03/00	08/05/00	3	3	500		Heavy rain		"worst flooding on record"	2		Tpo	3,700	1.3	"About a third of the city of more than 2 million people was affected."CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-039	Russian Far East - Typhoon Bolaven	Far East - Regions: Primoriye, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin. Districts: Tomari, Lesozavodsk. Cities: Vladivostok, Partizansk, Artyom	07/30/00	08/06/00	8		24,000	$30,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes		1	60,000	TsuCpSs*	192,100	9.1	"The flood, caused by heavy rains and a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean at the end of July, damaged 9,211 homes, washed out 196 bridges and downed 253 kilometers (157 miles) of power and telephone lines" ..."The Bulavin typhoon flooded almost a half of the territory and over 9,000 houses"CAUSE:Heavy rains and Typhoon Bolaven
2000-038	Northeastern Brazil	States: Pernambuco and Alagoas; Cities: Palmares, Maceio, metropolitan region of Recife, Catende, Belem de Maria;	07/30/00	08/17/00	19	70	120,000	$75,000,000	Brief torrential rain		25	1		Tpz, Tpo	48,100	6.5	"It was perhaps the worst natural disaster ever to hit Pernambuco," civil defense official Carlos D'Alburquerque said."CAUSE:Three days of torrential rains
2000-037	Northeast India Northern Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal	India - States: Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh. Districts: 17 Distritcts in Assam including Nalbari, Assams, Kokrajhar, Sonitpur; also Katihar, Kumaon, Pithoragarh, Nainital. Towns: Guwahati, Tezpur, Sitamarhi. Majuli Island. Rivers: Brahmaputra and its tributaries, Bagmati, Kosi, Gandak, Murigandak, Kamlabalan, Mahananada, Adhwara, Ganges, Bhagra, Ganga, Burhi Gandak, Bagmati and Punpun. -- Bangladesh - Districts: Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Sylhet, Dhaka, Manikganj, Munshiganj, Narayanganj and Narsingdi. Rivers: Brahmaputra, Jamuna and its tributaries; Padma, Surma and Kushiyara. -- Bhutan - Townships: Phuentsholing, Chukha. Villages: Pasakha, Rivers: Brahmaputra, Varsha. -- Nepal - Districts: Bhadrapur, Nawalparasi, Kailali. Villages: Dhajaha, Narayanpur. Rivers: Ratuwa, Narayani, Karnali. -- see also DFO-2000061 and DFO-2000031	08/02/00	08/30/00	29	637	10,504,000	$50,000,000	Monsoonal rain		"So far, the situation is regarded as normal for the season" (August 17)	1	300,000	Tszo	324,400	19.2	In all countries involved, landslides accompany the flooding. -- India: "The Assam government has sounded a maximum alert with the Brahmpautra flowing at least five metres (16 feet) above the danger mark." -- "In all, 3,568 villages in 16 districts have been inundated and crops in more than 197,031 hectares damaged. More than three million people have been affected by the floods." -- Bhutan: "the landslides blocked nearly the country's entire road network" -- August 21 - Bramaputra begins to recede in Assam. -- Sep 5 Eastern India - "The floods are receding in places and people have gone back to their homes. But there are large pools of stagnant water surrounding people's homes where water-borne diseases could proliferate" DAMAGE: India (Assam province): $50,000,000 -- Nepal : millions of rupees FATALITIES: India: 300 -- Bangladesh: 31 -- Bhutan: 200 -- Nepal: 106 DISPLACED: India: 4,000,000 in Assam 5,500,000 in all India. -- Bangladesh: 1,000,000 -- Nepal: 4,000CAUSE:Flooding triggered by monsoon rains HECTARES FLOODED: Assam: 300,000Ha
2000-036	Northern India	States: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab. Districts: Kullu, Mandi, Bhawa, Nathpa-Jhakri, Kinnaur, Rampur; Towns: Chandigarh, Arth, Rampur, Tattapani; River: Sutlej	07/31/00	08/04/00	5	140	4,000	$238,000,000	Brief torrential rain			1		Tszo	12,400	1.8	Flash floods due to torrential rains in Tibet. -- Flooding along a 180-mile stretch of the Sutlej River. Sutlej River reached levels 40 feet above normal.CAUSE:Flash flood
2000-035	Western India	West coast	07/17/00			140			Monsoonal rain			1		Tpz or Tszo			"Unending monsoon rains continued to cause flooding along India's west coast where the death toll was up to 140 on Saturday."CAUSE:Monsoon rains
2000-034	Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia	Northeastern Thailand - town of Udon Thani, Mekong River. -- Southern Vietnam - Mekong Delta region; Provinces: An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An, Tien Giang; Rivers: Tien, Hau. -- Northern Vietnam - Red River Delta region: Provinces: Vin Phuc, Bac Thai, Ha Giang, Lao Cai; Districts: Lap Thac, Thanh Son; Rivers: Lo, Ca. -- Cambodia - 11 out of 19 Provinces: Takeo, Siem Reap, Kampong Cham, Oddar Meanchay, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Stung Treng, Koh Kong, Prey Veng, Takeo, Svay Rieng, Kandal, and the Municipality of Phnom Penh. -- Rivers: Mekong. -- see also DFO-2000049 and DFO-2000042	07/11/00	08/10/00	31	33	25,000	$6,000,000	Monsoonal rain		Thailand : 26 -- Vietnam: 40 -- Cambodia: 40	1	422,180	Tpz	104,700	11.1	Thailand: "flood waters were cascading down from the nearby Phuparn mountain ... reached levels anticipated to occur only once in a thousand years ... overnight rainfall Tuesday of 274.5 mm (10.8 inches) was a record for the province "  -- "Local media have dubbed the downpour a "thousand-year rain," but meteorologists told Reuters the heaviest rain ever recorded in Thailand was 547.1 mm on August 16, 1974 in the northeastern province of Sakon Nakorn." -- Vietnam: "the river bank had already been washed away in at least 80 separate places on the two main branches of the Mekong and warned that hundreds of thousands of riverside homes were under threat" -- Jul 17 "The water level on the Mekong River has been rising about 4 inches daily." -- No suitable AVHRR or Landsat7 data located as of 7/17/00 DAMAGE: Cambodia: $6,000,000 (not including bridge and road damage) FATALITIES: Thailand: 4  -- Vietnam: 14 -- Cambodia: 15 DISPLACED: Vietnam: 5,000 -- Cambodia: 20,000CAUSE:Mosoon rains flooding the Mekong delta arrive a month early HECTARES FLOODED: Vietnam: 316,180 Ha -- Cambodia: 106,000 H
2000-033	China	Hubei Province: Enshi district. -- Sichuan Province: Dazhou city and Chongqing municipality. -- Shaanxi Province: Counties: Ziyang, Huxian, Hu; Rivers: Ren, Han. -- Henan Province: Pingdingshan and Nanyang cities.	06/30/00			65	88,000	$83,000,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1	278,145	Tszo	108,000		Yangtze River first flood crest of the season passed Yichang City site of Three Gorges Dam (news report dated July 6)  -- ~200 people in Shaanxi province were killed 07/10 - 07/11/00 in rain-triggered landslides. DAMAGE: Hubei: $55,000,000   -- Sichuan: $16,000,000 -- Shaanxi: $12,000,000 (Ziyang only) FATALITES: Hubei: 12  -- Sichuan: 18 -- Shaanxi: 35 DISPLACED: Hubei: 60,000 -- Sichuan: 3000 -- Henan: 25,000CAUSE:Torrential rains causing flooding and mudslidesHECTARES FLOODED: Hubei: 38,145 hectares. --  Sichuan:35,000 hectares. -- Shaanxi: 119,000 hectares. -- Henan: 86,000 ha.of farmla
2000-032	Northern Philippines, Central Japan and Taiwan - Typhoons Kirogi, Edeng and Kai Tak	Philippines - Luzon Island. western regions of Luzon and central Visayas. Provinces: Pampanga, Bulacan and Bataan. Towns: Manila, Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Baguio, Malolos. Tullahan River. -- Japan: coastal areas near Tokyo. Izu island chain, Honshu Island. -- Taiwan: eastern coast	07/04/00			45	800,000	$2,200,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	11,600		"Floodwaters, some more than 10 feet (3 meters) high, also swamped many villages in the provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan and Bataan in central Luzon region"..."Parts of Manila and 47 towns north of the capital were submerged"..."Power authority officials opened the gates of four hydro-electric dams north of Manila to prevent water from overflowing and worsening the floods." -- July 8:"While Typhoon Kirogi moved off the Philippines' eastern side and hit Japan, flooding streets and killing two there, a second typhoon, Kai Tak, continued to dump monsoon rains over the main island of Luzon." -- No suitable AVHRR or Landsat 7 data located for Philippines and Japan. No suitable Landsat 7 data located for Tiawan. No suitable Modis 9 data located for Philippines DAMAGE: Philippines: 2,200,000 FATALITIES: Philippines: 42 -- Japan: 3 DISPLACED: Philippines: 800,000CAUSE:Torrential monsoon rains and typhoons
2000-031	Bangladesh	Northern Bangladesh: Kurigram district, Rangpur region; Rivers: Darala, Brahmaputra. -- Southeast Bangladesh: city of Chittagong and in the neighbouring areas of Cowkbazar, Mirzapool, Katalganj, Rahmatganj, Chaktai, Halishahr, Bakalia, Chandgaon, Pahartoli, Hathazari, Patiya, Satkania and Keranirhat. Bramputra River	06/19/00	06/26/00	8	14	20,000		Monsoonal rain		nd (annual?)	1		Tszo	17,000	2.7	150 mud-thatch huts swept away by the Darala River, "At least 30 villages have been submerged in the Kurigram district, 240 kilometers north of the capital, Dhaka, according to the Flood Warning Center in Dhaka", 237 millimeters of rain recorded in 4 days -- No suitable AVHRR or Landsat7 data located FATALITIES: Northern:14 DISPLACED: Northern: 20,000CAUSE:Monsoon rains
2000-030	China	Fujian Province: Longhai County; Cities: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Xiamen. -- Jiangxi Province: Eight counties; Cities: Gangzhou	06/17/00	06/30/00	14	18	31,000		Monsoonal rain			1	8,000	Tszo	76,000	7.3	Fujian Province: "35 counties in the province have received more than 100 millimeters (four inches) of rain over the past two days" "12.6 inches of rain that fell Sunday on the Fujian port of Xiamen were the most since meteorological records began being kept 108 years ago" Flooding in this province ended FATALITIES: Fujian:19 -- Jiangxi: 9 DISPLACED: Jiangxi: 31,000 CAUSE:Monsoon rains  HECTARES FLOODED: Fujian:1,000Ha (Xiamen) -- Jiangxi: 7,000 Ha
2000-029	Guatemala	City of Guatemala, regions of Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango, Escuintla, Jalapa, Quiche, Totonicapan y Zacapa. Rivers: Achiguate and Motagua	06/06/00	06/21/00	16	16	2,600		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	11,600	3.0	"This year the seasonal rains began in the third week of May...The intensity of the rainfall prompted Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo to declare a 30-day "state of public disaster" on June 6 for the entire country" CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-028	Colombia	Provinces: Northeastern Caucasia, Cities: inner city of Nechi, Rivers: Cauca, Nechi	06/05/00	06/07/00	3				Heavy rain			1		Tpz	26,000	1.8	"Intense rains...have left some 10,000 victims"CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-027	Chile	Southern Chile - Cities: Valdivia; Provinces: Valdivia, Llanquihue, Osorno; Rivers: Leufucade. -- Central Chile - Cities: Santiago, Valparaiso, Vina del Mar, Talca, Rancagua; Rivers: Mapocho	06/05/00	06/16/00	12		41,000		Heavy rain		Central: "worst rains in 20 years"	2		Tsu and Cp	84,000	14.4	Flooding in southern Chile began on 06/01/00. After two weeks in the southern region, rains moved to the central Chile. -- Number displaced in southern Chile are for the area near Valdivia. "Near the city of Valdivia, the river Leufucade rose over its banks, closing the Panamericana highway."CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-026	Eastern India	States: Assam and Arunachel Pradesh. Kaziranga National Park; six districts, districts of Upper Siang, West Siang and East Siang. Towns: Pasighat, Boleng, Sika-bamin, Komlighat, Raneghat, Tezu, Mahadevpur, Yingkiang, Tuting. Rivers: Brahmaputra, Siang, Lohit, Noa-dihing	06/10/00			30	50,000		Dam/Levy, break or release	See notes	41	2	11,000	Tszo	55,000		"worst flood to hit Arunachal Pradesh since 1959"  -- June 26"The United News of India reported that the floods have inundated 250 communities in six districts and affected almost a quarter of a million people. " -- "Preliminary findings suggest the floods in Arunachal Pradesh were due to the breach of a dam on the Tsangpo, as the river makes a turn to enter India" -- On April 9 a large landslide occurred that blocked the Yigong Zangbo River (a Bramaputra tributary) in eastern Tibet. A lake formed behind the earth dam which was breached on June 11, causing the flash floods downriver in Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaCAUSE:Intial flooding on June 11 caused by breach of landslide-blocked river near Yigong, Tibet. Monsoon rains followed.
2000-025	China	Gansu Province - Counties: Dangchang and Minxian ; district of Longnan; River: Minjiang. -- Sichuan Province - Counties: Gulin and Xuyong. -- Guizhou Province - town and county of Duyun	05/31/00	06/19/00	20	94	8,725	$81,500,000	Monsoonal rain		Gansu Province:150	3	13,000	CSs*	114,000	30.3	Flooding in Gansu Province occurred on 05/31/00: " in Awu township... the River Ming flowed at a record 677 cubic metres per second, the highest flow measurement for 150 years" -- Sichuan Province flooding and landslides on 06/07/00: "Hail, flooding and landslides have devastated areas in Gulin and Xuyong counties... since the beginning of June," -- Guizhou Province flooding on 06/16/00: "the heaviest rains in 400 years...Duyun was submerged under 1.5 and three metres of water after ... a river flowing through the town to burst its banks" -- No suitable AVHRR data locatedCAUSE:Monsoon rains  HECTARES FLOODED: Gansu: 13,000 Ha
2000-024	Vietnam	Central Vietnam -  Lac Duong district in the central highlands, near resort of Dalat, a stream which runs into the Cam Ly waterfall.	05/31/00	06/02/00	3	3			Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	4,000	0.7	Flash flooding from three days of torrential rain CAUSE:Flash flood from heavy rain
2000-023	Bangladesh	Northeastern Bangladesh: Moulavibazar District; subdistricts of Kulaura, Komolganj, and Rajnagar. Rivers: Kushiara, Manu and Dholai. -- Southeastern Bangladesh districts: Khagrachari, Bandarban, Dhaka, Chittagong, Cox's Bazar, Comilla, Mymenshingh, Tangail, Chandpur, Kishoreganj, and Rangamati. Rivers: Sangu and Matamuhuri.	05/27/00	06/19/00	24	36	10,000		Monsoonal rain	See notes		1		Tszo	17,000	4.1	Flooding due to heavy monsoonal rains, flash floods. -- Monsoon starting early this year -- No suitable AVHRR or Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Monsoonal rains and flash flooding
2000-022	Northern Turkey	Samsun and Tokat provinces				2		$40,000,000	Heavy rain			1	16,000	Cs	17,000		Flooding due to heavy rainsCAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-021	Colombia	States: southwestern - Narino, Putumayo, northeastern - Santander; Rivers : San Miguel	05/18/00	05/24/00	7	9	67,500		Heavy rain			1	1,900	Tpz	200,000	8.7	Flooding and mudslides due to heavy rainsCAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-020	Timor	Beneneai River along the border between East and West Timor. -- West Timor -Nusa Tenggara Timur Province, southern Belu Regency, southern Betun region, Besikama area, central, east, and West Malaka, Malaka Barat, Malaka Tengah. -- East Timor - Towns: Suai, Los Palos, Viqueque.	05/16/00	05/24/00	9	126	15,000		Heavy rain		"flash floods ... follow the worst rains in the region for 22 years" (West Timor)	2	300	Tpz	11,400	4.7	Flooding following 3 days of heavy rain. -- Water "engulfed some estimated 100 square kms of broad and flat delta plain" -- No suitable Landsat7 data locatedCAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-019	Philippines	Island of Luzon - Manila and north; Towns: Valenzuela, 21 towns in the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija and Pampanga north of Manila; Rivers: Tullahan, Marikina	05/18/00			6	112,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpz	11,740		Flooding due to heavy rains associated with a tropical depression -- No suitable AVHRR or Landsat 7 data locatedCAUSE:Tropical depression
2000-018	Somalia	Towns: Coriolei, Bombasso, Qoryooley, Mubaahrak, Jowhar, between the towns of Jilib and Jamama, Beletuein, Howo Takoh, Hawlwadag; Rivers: Juba, Lower Shabelle	05/01/00				3,500		Heavy rain			1		Tpz	46,000		Unusually heavy rains in southern Somalia and Ethiopian highlands; 4 villages washed away -- No suitable AVHRR data locatedCAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-017	Central US- Missouri and Oklahoma	East-central Missouri - Franklin and Jefferson counties. Rivers: Flat Creek, Bourbeuse, Big and Meramec rivers. Towns: Union, Robertsville, Byrnesville, Cedar Hill, Washington, St. Clair. -- Eastern Oklahoma - Creek, Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Pawnee, Okmulgee, McIntosh counties, Tulsa area. Towns: Kiefer, Sapulpa, Jenks, Tulsa, Coweta, Sand Springs, Skiatook, Dewey, Lenepah, Owasso, Collinsville, and Bartlesville, Vinita, Miami. Rivers: Polecat Creek, Bird Creek, Neosho River, and Caney River.	05/06/00	05/09/00	4	3	1,200	$30,000,000	Brief torrential rain		Oklahoma - 30	2		TusCpSe*	75,000	7.6	Slow moving storm system caused heavy rains CAUSE:Flash flooding from heavy rain
2000-016	Southern China	Near Hong Kong and Macau, Shenzhen, Zhuhai area, Zhongshan	04/13/00	04/17/00	5	15		$12,000,000	Heavy rain			1		Tszo	21,000	2.3	"The flooding was especially bad in Shenzhen, the special economic zone (SEZ) located just north of Hong Kong, where six people were killed and five counted as missing"CAUSE:Heavy rains
2000-015	Romania, Hungary, Serbia and Ukraine	Romania: 16 counties in central and western Romania (Alba, Arad, Bihor, Bistrita, Botosani, Brasov, Caras - Severin, Cluj, Harghita, Hunedoara, Maramures, Mures, Olt, Satu-Mate, Salaj and Timis). Villages: Blajeni, Criscior, Baia de Cris, Vata de Jos, Basarabeanca, Brad, Ciuruleasa, Garda, Arieseni, Abrud, Albac and Vadu Motilor, Lugoj, Buzias, Faget, Fardea, Tomesti, Nadrag, Copalnic, Manastur, Targu Lapus, Milova, Oradea, and Graniceri. Rivers: Lapus, Cavnis, Iza, Viseu, Tisa, Cris, Olt, Mures, Somes, Bega, Crisul Alb, Tirnava Mica, and Timis. -- Northeast Hungary: Towns: Tokaj, Tiszabercel. Rivers: Bodrog, Tisza, Takta, Theiss, and Koeroes. -- Northern Serbia: Serbia, Secanj district, Becej region. Rivers: Tamis, Tisza. -- Ukraine: near mountainous border with Hungary. Rivers: Rata and Sokolia	04/05/00	04/25/00	21	10	623	$212,000,000	Snowmelt		Hungary: 100+ -- Serbia: Tamis - highest level in history	3	355,644	CSs**	116,000	31.1	Rain-on-snow in Romanian and Ukrainian highlands (Carpathian Mountains, Transylvanian Alps)CAUSE:Rain-on-snow
2000-014	US - Texas	Dallas-Fort Worth area. Rivers: Trinity River, Chambers Creek	03/29/00	03/31/00	3	3			Brief torrential rain			1		Tsu	24,000	1.7
2000-013	South Africa	Provinces: Eastern Cape, Izele area. Cities: Queenstown. Rivers: Magwala	nd			14			Heavy rain			1		Tso	49,000
2000-012	Czech Republic and Romania	Czech Republic: Jaromer on the Elbe River; also Mlada Boleslav. -- Western Romania: Tisza, Iza and Viseu rivers. -- Also: northern Slovakia	03/09/00	03/11/00	3	2			Snowmelt	See notes		1	2,000	CpSe*	16,500	1.4	Heavy rains and warm temperatures for last three daysCAUSE:Rain-on-snow
2000-011	Northern Argentina and Southern Boliva	Argentina Provinces: Tucuman (60 percent under water), Jujuy, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, Salta and La Rioja. -- Peru: Rimac River in Lima. -- Also: Southern Boliva: five provinces in the departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija, and Chuquisaca, in particular Obispo Santiesteban and Nuflo de Chavez. Rivers: Pirai, Grande and Vermejo.	03/09/00	03/17/00	9	7	15,000		Heavy rain		"worst to hit Argentina since 1998"	1	89,000	Tsu	786,000	19.5	"30,000 homes threatened in Peru, 20,000 in northern and northeastern Argentina and another 10,000 in Bolivia"  -- "Argentina's northern provinces, where crops in Santiago del Estero, Catamarca and Tucuman were already 65 percent, 50 percent and 30 percent destroyed, respectively"CAUSE:Heavy rains HECTARES FLOODED:14,000 Ha. -- Bolivia: 75,000 Ha crops lost
2000-010	Western Australia - Cyclone Steve	Regions: western and central Pilbara, eastern and western Kimberley, and north Gascoyne. Towns: Carnarvon. Rivers: Gascoyne and Fitzroy	03/06/00	03/11/00	6	1			Extra-tropical cyclone			1		Tsu	545,000	13.2	Two days of cyclone-related rain. Cyclone Steve reformed three times, an event unprecedented since records began. -- No suitable AVHRR data locatedCAUSE:Cyclone
2000-009	Zambia	Floodgates on the Kariba dam were opened in response to high water; the area of Chiawa was flooded.	03/03/00	03/04/00	2		12,000		Dam/Levy, break or release					nd	8,500	-	"The Zambezi River Authority reported that torrential rains in the region had pushed water behind the dam to the highest levels ever seen...Four of the five floodgates were opened to relieve pressure on the huge dam that supplies hydroelectric power for both Zambia and Zimbabwe....floods left more than 12,000 people in the region homeless, cropless and facing a severe famine"CAUSE:Dam release
2000-008	Cambodia	Northeastern province of Ratanakkiri, Se San River	03/03/00	03/04/00	2	3			Dam/Levy, break or release						12,000	-	A hydroelectric dam in Vietnam accidentally unleashed into the Se San River. Hundreds of farms were inundated.CAUSE:Dam failure
2000-007	Madagascar - Cyclones Eline and Gloria	Districts of Vatomandry, Mahanoro, Antanambao Manampotsy, Anosibe an'Ala, Marolambo, and Belo-Tsiribihina	02/17/00	03/11/00	24	200	800,000		Tropical cyclone			1		Tpo	256,000	16.1	Cyclones Eline and Gloria CAUSE:Rain from two cyclones
2000-006	Australia	Inland Queensland: area bounded by Richmond, Hughenden, Muttaburra, Longreach and Winton. Rivers: Paroo, Bulloo, Lower Burdekin, Flinders, Diamantina, Georgina, Haughton, Thompson and Barcoo, and Cooper Creek. -- New South Wales. -- South Australia's far north-west: Napri and Kanpi communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. Marla Town, Ayers Rock area. Finke, Hugh and Palmer rivers	02/18/00	03/01/00	13	1	200	$50,000,000	Monsoonal rain	See notes	Queensland - 25, -- South Australia's far north -10	2	3,000,000	Tsu	474,000	35.3	The Thomson River was10 km wide in parts. "About 3,000 square kilometres covering Broken Hill, White Cliffs, Wilcannia, Tilpa and Louth are affected by floodwaters 5 cm to 50 cm deep following a downpour on February 20 which dumped 300 millimetres in 12 hours" -- "Floodwaters haven't quite reached the levels of the 1955 record flood"  -- Heavy monsoon rains followed by Cyclone Steve in North Queensland on February 26. -- No suitable AVHRR data locatedCAUSE:Monsoon rains, cyclone
2000-005	US- Kentucky, Ohio	North-central Kentucky, Licking River; Southern Ohio, Ohio River, Scioto River. Scioto and Meigs Counties.	02/18/00	02/22/00	5	8	40					1		TsuCpSe*	55,000	3.8	Flooding due to heavy rainsCAUSE:nd
2000-004	Southeastern Philippines	Southern region of Mindanao - Provinces: Davao del Norte, Compostela Valley and Agusan del Sur. Other areas: Mount Diwalwal, Monkay city.	01/28/00	02/01/00	5	23	20,000	$4,100,000	Brief torrential rain	See notes		1		Tpz	16,700	2.1	Heavy rain causing flash floods and mudslidesCAUSE:Flash flood from heavy rains
2002-003	Southern Mozambique, Northeastern South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Swaziland	Mozambique - Provinces: Maputo, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica and Sofala. Rivers: Incomati, Umbeluzi, Limpopo, Sabie, Save, Lucite, Buzi. Cities: Maputo, Matola,Xai-Xai, Nova Mambone. -- South Africa - Provinces: Northern, Mpumalanga, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Guateng. Kruger National Park, Gauteng, Giyani, Louis Trichardt, and Thohoyandou areas. A dam break in Alexandria township. Cities: Johannesburg, Soweto. Rivers: Jukskei, Klip, Crocodile. -- East and Southern Botswana - Towns: Morwa, Kopong, Gaborone. Metsimotlhabe River. Nywane, Shashe, Letsibogo, Gaborone and Bokaa dams overtopped. -- Zimbabwe - floods after Cyclone Eline in provinces of Manicaland, Matebeleland South and Masvingo. Limpopo, Save, Mutirikwi and Runde rivers. -- Malawi - Districts: Nkhotakota, Salima, Nsanje, Chikwawa, Karonga. Rivers: 5 rivers in south by Mozambique, 4 rivers in north including the Songwe	01/26/00	03/27/00	62	929	733,000	$1,000,000,000	Heavy rain		Maputo - 48 -- Mozambique - 30 -- Northern South Africa - 50 -- Botswana - 30	2	109,500	Tso	436,000	54.5	Torrential rains in Mozambique begining in late Jan.... more heavy rain Feb 4-7th caused flooding in both Mozambique, South Africa and Botswana. Rain continued for two weeks; then Cyclone Eline arrived on 2/22/00 causing more flooding in Mozambique and South AfricaCAUSE:Heavy rains and cycloneHECTARES FLOODED: Mozambique: 80,000 Ha Zimbabwe: 29,500 Ha
2000-002	Angola	Benguela Province, Dombe Grande town, Coporolo River. Kwanza Norte Province, Chongoroi, Kwanza and Lucala rivers	01/08/00	01/15/00	8	31	70,000	$10,000,000	Heavy rain			1	6,000	Tpo	47,000	4.5	No suitable AVHRR data located CAUSE:Heavy rains HECTARES FLOODED: 6,000 Ha (River Coporolo only)
2000-001	Southeastern Brazil	States of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo; Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campos de Jordao cities. Towns: Volta Redonda, Barra Mansa, Resende, Boa Vista, Pirangucu. Santa Rita do Sapucai. Rivers: Paraiba, Tiete, Maracana, Rio Verde.	01/01/00	01/10/00	6	40	100,000		Heavy rain			1		Tpo	350,000	10.6	Six days heavy rain. Floods and mudslides. "millions of pounds worth of damage" Minas Gerais - 11 dead. 80,000 homeless Rio de Janeiro - 13 dead. 6,000 displaced. Sao Paulo - 4 dead. 3,000 displaced. river Tiete bursts banks.
		Yearly Totals or Averages			8.7	10,698	50,258,261	$13,381,700,000					33,011,889		8,039,092
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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