Last updated 8:00 PM EST, January 25, 2002 by EKA (Revised by av & sc, July 2003)
2001 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
171	Northern China	City of Wuhai in western Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region - ice flood on the Yellow River	12/17/01	12/18/01	2		4,000		Ice jam/break-up					CSs*		-	"In a matter of 15 minutes, an ice flood in the Yellow River, caused by melting ice and strong winds, crushed dams and pummelled Wuhai. Two hours later, five villages were destroyed. Officials with the information department of Wuhai said ice floods have probably happened every year in the past, but recent high temperatures thawed the ice layers in upper reaches of the river faster than anticipated." CAUSE:"Ice flood caused by melting ice and strong winds"
170	Western Europe	Northeastern France - Vosges region Germany - Black Forest Region	12/29/2001	12/30/2001	2		240		Brief torrential rain		"In the Black Forest... water levels reached their highest point for more than a decade"	1		CpSe*	9,380	0.7	"In other parts of the hard-hit Vosges region, rescue workers in scuba gear worked overnight Saturday to evacuate 60 families from their homes, TF1 and LCI television reported. Flood waters in some towns rose as high as 32 inches"  "In the Black Forest, rivers burst their banks on Saturday night and water levels reached their highest point for more than a decade" DISPLACED: France: 240 CAUSE:Storms across Europe
169	Indonesia	Sumatra - North Sumatra Province. Regencies: Asahan, Deli Serdang, Langkat, Tebingtinggi. Towns: Medan, Lubuk Pakam, Stabat. Rivers: Deli, Denai, Babura, Putih, Sulang-saling, Belumai, Percut, Asahan. Sulawesi - South Sulawesi Province. Gowa district.	12/28/2001	1/1/2002	5	9	3,000		Heavy rain	See notes	Flood in Medan "worst in the past few years"	1		Tpz	9,125	1.5	"The flood inundated 19,306 houses as Deli, Babura and Denai Rivers flowing through the city [Medan] with a population of two million overflowed" ... "The Asahan river has washed out roads and destroyed at least one major bridge" ... "The worst-hit was probably Lubuk Pakam, Deli Serdang regency. Hundreds of houses and a vast farming area were submerged"CAUSE:Heavy rains causing floods and mudslides
168	Northwestern Syria	Latakia province - Hafah town.	12/27/2001	12/28/2001	2	3			Heavy rain		"...described the floods as the worst in Latakia province for 30 years"	2		Cs	290	0.2	"Heavy rains caused torrents of water to sweep through the town of Hafah on Thursday and Friday ...Most buildings in the town had their ground floors flooded ...Many orchards and vegetable fields were also inundated"CAUSE:Heavy rains
167	Northwest Turkey	Ergene River. Istanbul, Bursa.	12/25/2001	12/26/2001	2	1			Heavy rain					Cs	6,700	-	"...a man was killed when he was swept away by the flood-engorged waters of the Ergene river in northwest Turkey. Several hunters near the shore of river were rescued by military helicopters from trees they'd climbed to escape the flood"CAUSE:Heavy rain
166	Northeastern Peru	Amazon region. Padre Abad province. Aguaytia and Negro rivers	12/26/2001	12/29/2001	4	6	20,000		Heavy rain	See notes			3,000	Tpz	272,800	-	"Heavy rains since last week have caused rivers in the region northeast of Lima to overflow their banks"CAUSE:Heavy rains causing floods and mudslides
165	Southern Thailand	Nakhon Si Thammarat Province - five districts	12/24/2001	12/24/2001	1		25,000	$296,800	Heavy rain	See notes				Tpz	8,520	-	"Damages from the flooding, which swept across some 104 roads, were thought to have caused almost 13 million baht (296,800 dollars)" CAUSE:Heavy rain causes flash flood
164	Southeastern Brazil	Rio de Janeiro State - Rio de Janeiro city area, Petropolis, Baixada Fluminense, Paracambi and Duque de Caxias.	12/24/2001	12/25/2001	2	60	2,000		Brief torrential rain	See notes	"worst flooding Brazil has seen in 30 years"	2		Tpo	9,990	1.4	"The mountain town of Petropolis suffered the most extensive damage, and several low-lying Rio suburbs were flooded when rivers burst their banks."CAUSE:Torrential rain causing mudslides and floods
163	Morocco	Settat and Essaouira regions - Settat, Berrechid industrial zone. Boumoussa River	12/23/2001	12/26/2001	4	15	300	$2,200,000	Heavy rain					Tpu	6,400	-	"...record rainfalls of up to 160 mm in the last 24 hours. Rainfalls of above 200 mm were also reported in northern Morocco." "The rain came after three successive years of drought in the north African country"CAUSE:Heavy rains
162	Eastern Malaysia	Pahang - Districts: Kuantan, Jerantut, Temerloh, Maran, Kuala Lipis, Pekan, Rompin. Towns: Taman Sungai Isap, Permatang Badak, Taman Murn. Rivers: Pahang. Kelantan - Districts: Gua Musang, Kuala Krai. Towns: Kampung Baru, Kampoung Limau Kasturi, Kampung Kerinting and Kampung Ciku Tujuh. Rivers: Galas, Lebir, Kelantan. Terengganu - District: Kemaman, Dungun and Hulu Terengganu. Towns: Kampung Air Putih, Kampung Teladas and Kampung Tanah Lot. Rivers: Kemaman, Dungun, Berang Kertih. Johor (flooding begins 12/28) - Districts: Johor Baharu, Pontian, Kluang, Kota Tinggi and Batu Pahat	12/22/2001	1/3/2002	13	11	18,000		Heavy rain		Jan3 "The floods in Kuantan which started about two weeks ago were said to be the worst in 30 years"	1		Tpz	22,940	3.9	"Besides flooding the villages, the heavy rain, which started Friday and lasted more than 48 hours, had caused the Sungai Galas to overflow its banks and flood most of the roads in town last night. " "Most of those evacuated are from villages and towns in Pahang that were submerged under waters up to seven meters high after nearby rivers overflowed due to more than 24 hours of continuous rain." "Torrential rains brought by the Northeast Monsoon make the five months between November and March the wettest in many parts of peninsular Malaysia and neighboring southern Thailand. But officials say this year's monsoon season has been unusually heavy"CAUSE:Heavy seasonal rains
161	Northeastern South Africa	KwaZulu Natal Province - Ingwavuma, Ubombo, Jozini. Ladysmith and Scottburgh areas. Mpumalanga Province - Greater Tubatse and Thembisile Municipalities.	12/19/2001	12/22/2001	4	3	300		Brief torrential rain					Tso	752	-	"Three areas were hit by an hour long storm and flash floods in KwaZulu Natal on Wednesday night, leaving at least three people dead" "About 30 families have been left homeless following floods in the Greater Tubatse and Thembisile Municipalities in Mpumalanga on Wednesday night."CAUSE:Storms and flash floods
160	Eastern Malaysia	Terengganu - districts of Besut, Setiu, Hulu Terengganu and Kemaman. Kelantan - Jeli, Kampung Kalai, Kampung Jeli Lama.	12/16/2001	12/19/2001	4		1,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	17,460	-	Jeli: "At the height of yesterday's floods, the two villages as other low-lying areas in Kelantan were under 1.5 metres of water" CAUSE:Heavy rain
159	Northwestern D R Congo	Equateur Province, Mbandaka.		12/14/2001			13,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	3,270		" "Families have lost their belongings, including crops, livestock and household goods," an OCHA field officer reported ..."Houses have been destroyed, entire villages have been evacuated, and people are living in the open," " CAUSE:Heavy rains and flooding
158	Central US	Arkansas - Paris area of Saline County. Higginson and McRae in White County. Camden area. Rivers: Black, Buffalo, Cache, Ouachita, Saline and White. Texas - Lamar County. Normangee. Areas northeast of Dallas. Rivers: Navasota, Sulphur, Trinity, Sabine, Chambers Creek. Southern Indiana - White River and the East Fork of the White River Wabash River in Indiana and Illinois Mississippi - Big Black River Oklahoma - Big Cedar area in Le Flore County. Mississippi Delta	12/17/2001	12/25/2001	9	3	100		Heavy rain					TsuCpSe*	42,270	-	Dec 18 "While rain has let up, runoff will keep rivers in flood from eastern Texas through Alabama on the south and through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio in theCAUSE:Heavy rain
157	Southern Zimbabwe	Most rivers in the southern provinces have burst their banks	12/16/2001	12/18/2001	3				Heavy rain					Tsz	35,650	-	"Incessant heavy rains in the past week have caused most rivers in the south of the country to burst their banks, and dams to spill, raising fears of flooding." CAUSE: Heavy rains
156	Southern Balkans	Southern Turkey - Cities: Izmir, Mersin. Towns: Kumluca, Kirkkavak Greece - Achaia region: River Diakoniaris in port city of Patras.	12/16/2001	12/18/2001	3	9	600		Brief torrential rain					Cs	305	-	"Heavy rainfall in southern Turkey and Izmir has flooded hundreds of homes and shops" 12/18 "Floods and blizzards wreaked a third straight day of havoc in Turkey on Tuesday, with at least eight more people found dead as most of the nation was paralyzed by the weather. "  FATALITIES: 9 DISPLACED: Turkey: 300 Greece: 300CAUSE:Storms and floods
155	Southern Mozambique	Jangamo peninsula - Inhambane area	12/15/2001	12/16/2001	2				Heavy rain					Tso	210	-	"The southern Mozambican city of Inhambane is virtually cut off from the rest of the country by road due to flooding in the Jangamo peninsula," CAUSE:Above normal rainfall (460.36mm of rain fell in October and November)
154	Western Columbia and Ecuador	Columbia - Valle Del Cauca: Cali city and Tulua town. Cauca River. Ecuador - Quito city	12/13/2001	12/14/2001	2	8			Heavy rain					Tpz	5,300	-	"Heavy rains killed five people in western Colombia Thursday, including three children who died when their school bus overturned on a flooded highway. The two others died when a rain-swollen river swept away their homes in Cali," FATA;ITIES: Columbia: 5 Ecuador: 3CAUSE:Heavy rains
153	Northeastern South Africa	Lydenburg in Mpumalanga Province. Rivers: Sterkspruit, Dorps,	12/11/2001	12/12/2001	2	5	100		Heavy rain	See notes				Tso	1,930	-	"the flash boards above a dam wall opened when Sterkspruit river overflowed releasing about 2,000 cubic metres of water into the town ...About an hour later the Sterkspruit overflowed and various streets close to the business centre were engulfed by water. "CAUSE:Heavy rain caused a river and dam to overflow
152	Central Philippines - Tropical Storm Kajiki	Visayas region - Cebu: Metro Cebu, Cebu city, Mandaue city, Naga town, Sitio Sapa-Sapa. Leyte: Tacloban City, Abuyog, MacArthur, Palo, Burauen and Dagami. Capiz: Panit-an and Mambusao towns. Negros Occidental.0	12/5/2001	12/7/2001	3	2	10,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	2,800	-	"In Metro Cebu, the non-stop downpour since Wednesday morning caused heavy floods in eight downtown villages and caused landslides in three mountain villages of Cebu City. Six villages were also flooded in Mandaue City"CAUSE:Heavy rains
151	Southern Iran	River Dez near Andimeshk city in Khuzestan province. Genaveh town in Bushehr province.	12/5/2001	12/5/2001	1	6		$5,000,000,000	Brief torrential rain		30,000 ha of farmlands in Bushehr province			Cs	500	-	"Resulting flooding of the River Dez killed six people near the city of Andimeshk, in Khuzestan province, some 450 kilometers southwest of Tehran, ... Damage estimates had not been completed and rescue operations were continuing..." CAUSE:Torrential rain has fallen across Iran for three days, causing flash floods in many areas.
150	Malaysia	Sabah - Membakut Sub District, Kampung Brunai, Kampung Bingkulas, Kampung Pimping and Kampung Baitam. Sungai Membakut River.	12/4/2001	12/7/2001	4		6,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	745	-	"More than 6,000 people in four kampungs in Sabah's Membakut Sub District have been cut off by floods since Tuesday." CAUSE:Heavy rain
149	Southern Coastal Turkey	Provinces: Icel, Adana. Towns: Erdemli , Mersin, Tarsus, Antalya, Izmir.	12/2/2001	12/9/2001	8	5	570	$25,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	"the average rainfall per square meter in Icel since the beginning of December was more than four times greater than the monthly average in the last 50 years"			Cs	14,880	-	"Three people were killed as floods drenched hundreds of homes and businesses in coastal Turkish cities .... Waters swept away roads, a bridge and a highway and overturned vehicles, carrying some into the sea"  "The floods, which also caused mudslides, damaged vast sweeps of agricultural land, cut power networks and blocked roads in the province as well as in neighboring Adana."CAUSE:Heavy rains causing mudslides and flooding
148	Eastern Aegean Sea	Greek island of Samos -  town of Karlovassi, and southeastern Pythagorion region.	11/29/2001	11/29/2001	1	0			Heavy rain	See notes				Cs	480	-	"Violent rain "of unprecedented intensity" hit the island at midnight and was still falling on Thursday morning" ... "caused widespread flooding and extensive damage" ... "Hundreds of homes, shops and businesses were flooded at dawn in the island's main town"CAUSE:Heavy rains causing landslides and flooding
147	US South and Midwest	Eastern Arkansas - Counties: Arkansas, Bradley, Chicot, Cleveland, Crittenden, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and Phillips. Towns: Dumas, West Memphis, Helena, West Helena and Marvell, Lake Village, Dermott and Eudora. Rivers: Saint Francis, Cache, Ouachita --Western and central Tennessee - Counties: Shelby, Stewart, Perry, Gibson, Montgomery, Henry, Houston, Benton, Humphreys, Hickman Lewis, Wayne, Fayette. Towns: Memphis, Camden, Centerville, Clarksville, Dickson, Dover, Erin, Linden, Tennessee Ridge, Waverly, Waynesboro, Jackson. Rivers: North and South Forks of the Forked Deer, Hatchie, Obion, Wolf, Harpeth, Little Tallahatchie --Western Kentucky - Counties: Trigg, Christian, Calloway. Towns: Hopkinsville, Fort Campbell. Rivers: Little, Green, Clark. --Mississippi - Sunflower County. Parchman, West. Mississippi Delta. Rivers: Big Black, Big Sunflower, Chickaswhay, Tallahatchie, Tombigbee, Yalobusha and Yazoo; Tallahala Creek --Southwest Lousiana - Parishes: Calcasieu, Southeast Beauregard. Rivers: Boeuf, Calcasieu and West Fork of the Calcasieu, Little and Whisky Chitto; Bayou Nezpique --Texas - Nueces River	11/28/2001	12/7/2001	10	1	400		Heavy rain		"the deluge that hit Memphis as a "50-year rainfall." "record flooding on Little Tallahatchie River at Etta, TN			TsuCpSe*	132,300	-	"Heavy rain from Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee caused major flooding. Scores of roads were closed and hundreds of homes and businesses were drenched. Hundreds of motorists and residents across the region had to be rescued from stranded cars and inundated homes. One vehicles related death was reported in Tennessee." "Arkansas County had about 250 roads under water and 15-30 culverts washed out. Fifty homes in West Memphis flooded. About two dozen homes around Helena, West Helena and Marvell were flooded"  Memphis "Four hundred people were evacuated Wednesday night after torrential rain left water up to six feet deep in some homes" Quikscat comments "Flooding is still indicated December 6 in eastern Arkansas, western Mississippi, and western Tennesee. It is somewhat more intense than was the case December 1. Conditions in Illinois and Indiana where negative polarization ratios have also been occurring are now somewhat drier." "Rainfall since Nov. 24, a saturating 20 inches in some places, has led to widespread flooding throughout the Delta ... "Thousands of acres are under water," said Leon Shaifer, deputy director for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency"CAUSE:"More than 12 inches of rain fell between Tuesday and Friday morning in eastern Arkansas" HECTARES FLOODED:
146	East-Central Brazil	Espirito Santo State - 44 of the state's 78 municipalities	11/19/2001	11/23/2001	5	12	5,000		Heavy rain	See notes	"the rains were the heaviest in decades, with more rain falling in two days than in the average month. "			Tpo	45,210	-	"Espirito Santo Gov. Jose Ignacio Ferreira has declared a state of emergency in 44 of the east-central state's 78 municipalities, and the army has been called in to build emergency bridges to areas cut off by the flooding." CAUSE:A week of torrential rains causing flooding and mudslides
145	Central Philippines	Negros Island - 23 villages in Negros Occidental province	11/19/2001	11/21/2001	3		29,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	6,240	-	"The civil defense office said 23 villages in Negros Occidental province were affected and more than 4,800 families were forced into 218 evacuation centers in the area 310 miles southeast of Manila. At least eight houses were destroyed there and 49 were damaged" CAUSE:Several days of heavy rains
144	Central Uganda	Masaka district: Kyazanga	11/15/01	11/16/2001	2		1,200		Heavy rain					Tpz	1,200	-	"Over 300 families in Kyazanga, Uganda's central district of Masaka, were left homeless after a three-day heavy downpour. The most affected area was Kyazanga trading center where huge properties were destroyed by the rains" CAUSE:Three-day heavy downpour
143	US South	Central Texas - Edwards Plateau, Austin and San Antonio areas. Counties: Edwards, Williamson, Blanco, Real. Towns: Austin, Rocksprings, Blanco, Asherton, Three Rivers, Mathis, Bastrop, Refugio. Rivers: Nueces, Colorado, Guadalupe, Mission, Frio, San Antonio Oso Creek in Corpus Christi, Yegya Creek.	11/15/2001	11/19/2001	5	10			Heavy rain	See notes				Tso	7,730	-	"As much as 12 inches of rain was reported on the Edwards Plateau west of San Antonio" "Up to 13 inches of rain fell in parts of Texas on Thursday and early Friday, breaking daily records in Austin and San Antonio"CAUSE:Flash flooding from heavy rain
142	Algeria	Algiers city and surrounding towns- Districts: Bab el Oued, Triolet, Ain Benina, Oued Korich, Rais, Hamidou, Hammamet. Frais Vallon region. Other towns: Chlef, Tipaza, Relizane, Tiaret, Tlemcen, Mascara, Ain Tenouchent, Bourmerdes, Oran, Mostaganem, Medea, Tizi-Ousou.	11/10/2001	11/14/2001	5	711	24,000	$300,000,000	Heavy rain	See notes	"worst flash flood in decades" "one of worst natural disasters in four decades" "the country's worst ever floods"	2		TsuCs	970	1.0	"The 36-hour downpour began last Friday, setting off mudslides that plowed through several of the hilly capital's working-class neighborhoods, collapsing buildings, blocking roads, overturning vehicles and knocking out power. Thousands of families were forced to leave their homes ... The flood followed a prolonged drought that had forced water-rationing since mid-October. "CAUSE:36 hour downpour causing mudslides and flooding
141	Caribbean	Puerto Rico - throughout island. municipalities of Aguada, Aguadilla, Moca . Rivers: Rio Culebrinas, Rio Camuy, Rio Cibuco, Rio de Bayamon, Rio de la Plata, Rio Grande de Arecibo, Rio Grande de Loiza, Rio Grande de Manati, Rio Limon, Rio Piedras and Rio Tanama,	11/7/2001	11/15/2001	9		250	$17,000,000	Heavy rain					Tpo	8,800	-	"Authorities reported about 120 landslides, and rivers throughout the island were flooding their banks ... floodwaters have swept away bridges, damaged hundreds of homes and forced more than 250 people to stay in emergency shelters... The rains have caused an estimated dlrs 17 million in damage to banana, coffee and other crops" CAUSE:Rains from first cold-front of the season over Puerto Rico
140	Southern and central Philippines and Central Vietnam- Typhoon Lingling	Philippines:  Camiguin Island - Mahinog, Catarman, Sagay, Mambajao. Cebu Island - Toledo and Cebu cities Negros Island - Negros Occidental province. Panay Island - Capiz province Cagayan de Oro city on Mindanao Island Central Vietnam: Phu Yen, Binh dinh, and Quang Ngai Provinces	11/6/2001	11/9/2001	4	320	223,000	$47,700,000	Tropical cyclone		"This is the first time this has happened in Camiguin... that there are flash floods across the island"			Tpz	610	-	BEGAN:  Vietnam -11/12/01-11/13/01, Phillipines 11/6/01-11/09/01 -- "In one area, there was a waist-high stretch of earth that peeled off from the mountain and covered the highway," Romualdo said. Military helicopter pilots flying overhead "thought it was a riverbed. It turned out it was a highway covered with water and mud." " DAMAGE:Philippines: 22,700,000 Vietnam: 25,000,000 FATALITIES: Philippines: 300 Vietnam: 20 DISPLACED: Philippines: 183,000 Vietnam: 40,000CAUSE:"A surprise tropical storm"
139	Malaysia	Pahang - Raub district, Mentakab. Kampung Batu Kapor, Kampung Sungai Buloh and Taman Mentakab Indah. Rivers: Jelai, Semantan, Tembeling, Lipis. Perlis - Kampung Lembah Biak, Beseri. River: Sungai Jarum	11/5/2001	11/12/2001	8	1			Heavy rain					Tpz	7,150	-	"Rains in the interior over the past few days have caused the three rivers -- Sungai Jelai, Sungai Semantan and Sungai Tembeling -- to swell and overflow their banks. In Raub district, several low lying areas have been under between 0.5m and 1.0m of water after Sungai Semantan burst its banks" CAUSE:"Rains in the interior over the past few days"
138	Southern Somalia	Middle Jubba region - Jilib town area	11/1/2001	11/14/2001	14		6,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	3,900	-	"floods started Thursday and have already devastated the food reservoirs in the villages of Aaminey, Awrmaleh, Makayuri, Gandobelh, Bardhere-Oji and others, all in about 15 kilometers distance west of the main Jilib town. He said the floods have likewise washed away all crops and farms in the very vicinity whileCAUSE:Heavy rains in Neighboring Ethiopia
137	North-west Rwanda	Kijote settlement in Mutura district, north-west Gisenyi province	10/30/2001	11/2/2001	4	2	3,000		Heavy rain					Tpz	1,200	-	"Heavy rains in north-west Rwanda have claimed two lives, killed five cows, four goats and left 953 families homeless, official sources in Kigali reported Friday"CAUSE:Heavy rains
136	Central America and Caribbean - Hurricane Michelle	Northern Honduras - Provinces: Gracias a Dios, Cortes, Atlantica, Colon. Mosquitia region. Cities: Palacios, Aguas, Bruce Laguna, Sangrelaya, Yoro, La Lima, San Pedro Sula, La Ceiba, Rio Abajo, Olanchito. Northern Nicaragua - Puerto Cabezas Cuba - Provinces: Matanzas, Cienfuegos, Villa Clara, Havana, Guantanamo, Holguin, Sancti Spiritus and Municipio Especial Isla de la Juventud. Cities: Varadero. Havana, Baracoa, Sagua. Rivers: Toa, Sagua. Eastern Jamaica - St. Catherine, Portland and St. Mary parishes. Annotto Bay town.	10/26/2001	11/15/2001	21	19	27,118,340	$18,000,000	Tropical cyclone		Nicaragua "The mayor of Puerto Cabezas told me that in 40 years, he's never seen rain like that."  years"			Tpo	69,950	-	"The coastal region has been hit with as much rain in the last five days as it normally gets in six months ... This week's rains heavily damaged sugar, banana and cattle ranches in Honduras" "In Cuba, ... agricultural damage was particularly severe in the hard-hit central province of Matanzas, where 90,000 metric tons of oranges were lost in the storm." "Nearly 90,000 people in northern Honduras and Nicaragua have been under water since storms began here Oct. 25. Some have been without food for days, officials said. In Honduras, relief workers have been unable to bring aid to Mosquitia for eight days" DAMAGE: Honduras: nd Nicaragua: nd Cuba: nd Jamaica: 18,000,000 FATALITIES: Honduras: 8 Nicaragua: 4 Cuba: 5 Jamaica: 2 DISPLACED: Honduras: 27,000 Nicaragua: 18,000 Cuba: 100,000 Jamaica: 340CAUSE:Rainfall from tropical storm
135	Indonesia	Java - Puring, Brayan and Wayah areas in the Central Java district of Kebumen. Banyuwangi and Jember in East Java.	10/17/2001	10/27/2001	11	20	18,000		Heavy rain					Tpz