| Last updated 9:00 PM EST, January 8, 2003 by EKA (Revised by av & sc, July 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 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 | |
| 261 | Vanuatu | Southern Tanna Island - Tafea Province: from Ipeukel on the Southeast Coast to Green Point in the South | 12/21/02 | 12/25/02 | 5 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpo | 146 | 0.2 | heavy rain with hail - a very unusual phenomenon in these latitudes - caused a number of large landslides and flash-flooding - agricultural damageCAUSE:Rain - Landslides | ||||||
| 260 | California | Northern California - Counties: Humboldt, Mendocino, Siskiyou. Eureka, Humboldt Bay. Rivers: Eel, Mad and Navarro. | 12/28/02 | 12/31/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCs, Cp | 20,630 | 2.0 | "The worst-hit areas were in the northern end of the state, where a record 7 inches of rain fell in Eureka, and flood warnings were issued on the Eel, Mad and Navarro rivers in Humboldt and Mendocino counties."CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 259 | Malaysia | Negeri Sembilan State - Port Dickson, Sendayan, Seremban, Rantau. Rivers: Sungai Sepang and tributaries, Sungai Jimah. | 12/27/02 | 12/29/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 900 | 0.3 | "Flash floods hit several low-lying areas here (Port Dickson) and in Seremban following several hours of heavy rains" "Sungai Sepang and its tributaries to burst their banks" "A resident said this was one of the worst floods in the area"CAUSE:Rain -flash flood | ||||||
| 258 | Indonesia | Sumatra
- South Sumatra State: village of Laai
and dozens of villages in the region. Lampung State : Gunung Kemala South Sulawesi - Polewali Mamasa district, Mambi. Java - Pandeglang district of Banten. Cibaliung river. Bandung district: Baleendah, Dayeuhkolot, Ciparay. Citarum River. |
12/26/02 | 12/31/02 | 6 | 24 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 14,760 | 2.2 | "Heavy rains caused floods and landslides in a hilly region of southern Sumatra island" "Torrential downpours since Thursday night have flooded dozens of villages in the region, about 250 miles northwest of the capital Jakarta." "A total of 2,676 houses in Indonesia's Bandung district were inundated on Thursday as Citarum River overflowed following incessant rains in the past two days."CAUSE:Rain - Landslides | ||||
| 257 | Angola | Luanda city - Maianga municipality and Kinanga zone | 12/23/02 | 12/25/02 | 3 | 4 | 40 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 2,800 | 0.6 | "At least four people died and several houses were destroyed due to the rains that fell on Luanda, partially paralysing the city."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 256 | South Africa | Western Cape - Karoo. De Doorns and Touwsriver. | 12/21/02 | 12/24/02 | 4 | 50 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tsu | 780 | 0.4 | "Touwsriver was the hardest hit by flash floods and high winds. Storm water rushed down mountain gullies, flooding newly build RDP houses. Walls caved in and families were evacuated." "The rivers are in spate, farm dams are filling up and the drought has been broken."CAUSE:Rain -flash flood | |||||
| 255 | Kenya | Marigat Division in Baringo District. Ng'ambo, Ng'arua, Eldume, Sintaan. Perkerra River | 12/21/02 | 12/23/02 | 3 | 6 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 750 | 0.3 | "The five were swept away by the raging waters of the Perkerra River after it burst its banks in heavy rains that pounded the Tugen Hills and Karbatonjo escarpment" "More than 5,000 goats were killed while hundreds of houses were destroyed."CAUSE:Rain -flash flood | ||||
| 254 | Lebanon | Sidon, Tyre, Akkar, Kesrouan, Eastern Bekaa valley, Hasbaya, Beirut, Nabatieh. Rivers: Sayneeq, Litani, Wazzani, Hasbani, Nahr al-Kabir, Al-Ustuwan, Nahr Ibrahim | 12/20/02 | 12/22/02 | 3 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 4,210 | 0.7 | "The rainfall, coupled with exceptionally strong winds, also caused power failures in some areas in Lebanon, particularly in the north where rains swept away about 12 homes. Hundreds of others were partly immersed in water, which in some cases reached two-meters (seven feet) high. Civil Defense workers and army troops evacuated people from 50 homes in the remote town of Akkar near the Lebanese-Syrian border"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 253 | Indonesia | Sumatra - Riau Province: Kampar River in Kampar regency. Rokan Kanan River in Rokan Hulu regency. Jambi Province: Kerinci regency. Batang Maron River. | 12/15/02 | 12/20/02 | 6 | 60,000 | Heavy rain | 16 | 1 | 1,400 | Tpz | 21,900 | 2.7 | "Floodwaters spread to other areas in Riau, threatening to cut off food supplies to the province from neighboring West Sumatra as the flooding was likely to submerge the only alternative road connecting the two regions." "Some 50,000 people in Rokan Hulu regency fled their homes to safer areas on Tuesday as flooding occurred in at least 27 villages in three subdistricts... refugees ... had anticipated the floods, the worst in Rokan Hulu since 1976, days before the disaster hit the town." "Floods also have been plaguing the neighboring province of Jambi since last Saturday, forcing almost 10,000 families in at least 62 villages in the regency of Kerinci to flee to safer areas."CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 252 | Sri Lanka | Eastern Province - Districts: Batticaloa, Ampara, Trincomalee, Kilinochchi. North Central Province - Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapra | 12/16/02 | 12/20/02 | 5 | 2 | 500,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 14,150 | 1.9 | "The district of Batticaloa was the worst affected with over 60,000 families forced to leave their flooded homes, officials said, adding that heavy rain had lashed the region for four straight days."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 251 | California, Oregon and Nevada | Northern California - Counties: Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Santa
Barbara. San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys.
Napa city, Napa Valley, San Jose, North Vacaville, Yountville, Los
Gatos. Rivers: Napa, Guadalupe, Russian, Sacramento, Eel and Navarro. Southern California - Carlsbad, La Verne and San Dimas. Nevada - Reno. Oregon - Coquille River. |
12/14/02 | 12/24/02 | 11 | 6 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCs, Cp | 44,630 | 5.1 | Detected by Quikscat. "A deadly weather system that lashed the Pacific Coast with record rainfall, flooding and wind up to 100 mph may have been just the beginning of a stormy holiday period... Rain is expected for the next couple of weeks, with occasional breaks, the weather service said, partly because El Nino has warmed the tropical Pacific, pumping extra moisture into the storms. Precipitation levels in San Francisco are expected to be 20 percent to 50 percent above normal for the next three months," "So far, most flooding has been minor, with the exception of extensive street flooding in Napa County California early Monday morning some evacuations were reported in the City of Napa" "The Northern California towns of Yountville and Los Gatos got 6 inches of rain late Sunday and early Monday. The National Weather Service reported record rainfall, including 2.32 inches measured Monday at the University of California at Los Angeles. "CAUSE:Rain |
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| 250 | S. France | Between Montpellier and Nîmes, Sommičres | 12/13/02 | 12/14/02 | 2 | 2 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsuCs | 1,300 | 0.2 | ||||||
| 249 | Indonesia | East Java Province - Pacet hot springs in Mojokerto. Mojosari river. | 12/11/02 | 12/15/02 | 5 | 28 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 650 | 0.4 | " A river of mud, rocks and boulders swept down Welirang mountain Wednesday afternoon and buried the resort, which was packed with families marking the festivities at the end of the Muslim fasting month."CAUSE:Rain - Landslides | |||||
| 248 | E. Brazil | Town of Angra Dos Reis, district of Areal. Rivers: Japuida, Perereque and Mambucaba. | 12/09/02 | 12/11/02 | 3 | 39 | 2,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 20 | 2 | TsoCp | 80 | 0.2 | "Almost 2,000 people were forced to leave their homes by the mudslides and floods, which were triggered by torrential rains over the weekend. Civil defence officials said it was the worst disaster to hit the town of about 60,000 people, 100 miles west of Rio de Janeiro. " "The town was pounded with more than five inches of rain in 24 hours,"CAUSE:Rain - Landslides | |||
| 247 | N. Greece and Macedonia | Greece - Pieria region, Larisa region. Macedonia - Northern Skopje: Suto Orizari. Vardar river. |
12/06/02 | 12/10/02 | 5 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 1,030 | 0.5 | "Large amounts of wheat, kiwis and vine have been buried in mud and water, houses and shops have been flooded... and the Dion archeological site has been swamped with mud," "Rail lines and roads were cut between Athens and Thessaloniki north of Pieria after violent rains swelled rivers throughout Pieria, at the foot of Mount Olympus. The rail link was to reopen late on Sunday." "Heavy rains hit Macedonia starting late on December 4, 2002, causing the Vardar river to reach a critical level. The most affected areas are located in northern Skopje"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 246 | N. Italy | Regions: Liguria, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Trentino. Genoa, Turin, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Bologna, Mantua, Friuli. Towns: Pordenone, Como, Milan, Venice. Lake Maggiore area. Rivers: Noncello. Po, Lambo. | 11/22/02 | 12/03/02 | 12 | 10,000 | $350,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | CpSe* | 29,900 | 4.3 | "Overflowing rivers and lakes have flooded several towns and cities, including Milan and Venice, and have caused landslides across northern Italy."CAUSE:Rain - Landslides | ||||
| 245 | Malaysia | Johor State - Ledang parlimentary constituency: Simpang Lima Darat, Parit Bunga Raya Hujung, Paya Kepong, Sri Jaya Bukit Banjar. | 11/19/02 | 11/26/02 | 8 | 400 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 1,230 | 0.7 | "Rising water following heavy rain in the past few days has forced about 400 people living in the Ledang parlimentary constituency to be evacuated"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 244 | W. Morocco | Provinces: Benslimane, Khouribga. Settat region. Towns: El Gara, Bengueribi, Mohammedia, Berrechid. Moulay Yacoub, near Fez. Rivers: Bengueribi, El Maleh. | 11/24/02 | 11/29/02 | 6 | 63 | Heavy rain | See notes | 30 | 2 | Tpu | 40,850 | 7.2 | "Heavy rain Sunday and Monday, which came amid a four-year drought in Morocco, caused flooding that left 30 people dead in the rural farming area of Settat," "Flood damage also sparked a fire at the SAMIR oil refinery in the industrial town of Mohammedia, located between Rabat and Casablanca," "the deadliest natural disaster to strike the north African country in seven years."CAUSE:Rain - flash floods | ||||
| 243 | Alaska | South Kenai Peninsula - Homer area, Ninilchik, Black Water Bend, Anchor Point. Sterling Highway. Anchor River and tributaries. | 11/23/02 | 11/25/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSs** | 1,700 | 0.5 | "Homes were evacuated in low-lying areas of the south Kenai Peninsula Saturday and an 8-mile stretch of the Sterling Highway and two bridges were closed temporarily as torrential rains once again flooded the Anchor River and a number of streams."CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 242 | Indonesia | Sumatra - Aceh Province - Districts: South Aceh (Tapaktuan,
Samadha, Sudoh, Krueng Sarulah. Sarullah River.); Nagan Raya (Darul Makmur,
Kuala, Seunagan, Lami); Southwest Aceh (Kreung Batee, Ie Mirah); Aceh Singkil
(Singkil, Gunung Meriah, Simpang Kanan, Sultan Daulat, Rundeng, Kuta Baharu.
Cinendang River.); West Aceh. North
Sumatra Province - Central Tapanuli regency: Andam Dewi, Barus, Sorkam, West
Sorkam and Kolang districts. Sibundong River.
Nias Island - Gunungsitoli area, Nou River. |
11/19/02 | 12/03/02 | 15 | 12 | 117,000 | Heavy rain | 50 | 2 | Tpz | 17,000 | 7.1 | "Triggered by several days of heavy rains, rivers in several districts of Aceh's western coast area overflowed their banks and inundated dozens of villages," "the floods had also forced thousands of people to take refuge in higher areas, and paralyzed road communications between Meulaboh, West Aceh, and Tapaktuan, South Aceh"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 241 | Costa Rica and Panama | Caribbean
coast Costa Rica - Limon province. Sarapiqui, Siquirres, Limon, Talamanca, Sixaola, Cartago. Valle La Estrella, Limon Centro, Bananito La Bomba, Matina, Bribri, Olivia, Paraiso, Margarita, Catarina, Celia, Bambu, Suretka, Shiroles, Coroma and Gavilan. Rivers: Bananito, Santa Clara. Sixaola, Estrella, Chirripó-Matina, Barbilla, Banano-Bananito. Panama - Provinces: Bocas del Toro, Veraguas, Darien, Colon. Rivers: Indio, Sixaola. Capira, Maria Chiquita, Santa Maria de Belen. |
11/23/02 | 12/13/02 | 21 | 8 | 7,000 | Heavy rain | 32 | 2 | 2,500 | Tpo | 2,200 | 2.9 | "The storm left several towns along the Caribbean coast
incommunicado, knocking out part of a bridge crossing the Bananito River,
" "Television stations have shown images of towns inundated with up
to 1.5 meters of water" "Floods of this intensity had not struck the region for the last 32 years. This month, Limón has experienced 200% more rain than expected" -- DEAD: CostaRica 7, Panama 1 -- DISPLACED: Costa Rica 7000, Panama "hundreds" -- CAUSE:Rain |
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| 240 | S. Somalia | Lower Juba and Middle Juba regions. Buale, Hagar and Afmadow. Luuq in Gedo region. | 11/08/02 | 11/21/02 | 14 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 65,260 | 6.7 | "Large areas of the Juba Valley in southern Somalia have been flooded, with thousand of hectares of farmland inundated by flood waters… the Deyr rains (September -December) started early this year, cutting off all roads and severing business activity between the town and Kismayo and Mogadishu."CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 239 | Uganda and Kenya | Uganda
- Kampala area, Nakivubo Channel. Eastern districts: Mbale, Bugiri, Sironko. Southwestern districts: Rukungiri, Kabale and Busheny. Kenya - Nyando District, Ayweyo, Awach River. |
11/16/02 | 11/25/02 | 10 | 2 | 2,300 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 13,980 | 2.7 | Heavy rains since late October. "The on-going El-Nino rains have displaced 492 families and destroyed vast amount of properties in Uganda in landslides and floods" -- DISPLACED: Uganda 2000, Kenya "hundreds" -- CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 238 | Alaska | Salcha, Tanana River | 11/19/02 | 11/21/02 | 3 | Ice jam/break-up | 1 | CSs** | 600 | 0.3 | "Warmer than usual weather has caused ice in the Tanana River to break apart and pile into a mile-long, 200-foot-wide jam. "CAUSE:Ice Jam | |||||||
| 237 | New Zealand | Christchurh area, Beckenham. Bowenvale Valley. Heathcote River | 11/19/02 | 11/21/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cp | 600 | 0.3 | "At noon yesterday the city council's rain gauge at the head of the Bowenvale Valley was showing almost 140mm of rain since Saturday."CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 236 | Congo and Zaire | North and Central Congo - Lower Congo River and Tributaries including Likouala aux Herbes, Oubangui, Giri, Sangha, Ngoko. Loukolelas, Makotimpoko and Mossaka | 11/10/02 | 11/10/02 | 1 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz Tpo |
145,000 | 0.4 | Detected by monitoring MODIS imagery 11-26-02 Agence France Presse --Officials said the Congo River had already reached the critical level of 423 metres by Monday, with average daily increases of three to five centimetres. "The river level has continued to rise at such a rate that we fear it could soon surpass the alert level of 520 metres," "Should current trends continue, we are in danger of even surpassing the level of flooding that caused the displacement of 80,000 Kinshasa residents in 1999," -- "The communes expected to be most affected include Barumbu, Gombe, Kalamu, Kinkole, Kinsenso, Kinshasa, Kinsuka/pecheurs, Kintanbo, Limete, Lingwala, and Masina. " "Floods caused by torrential rain and the swelling of the Congo river in recent weeks have left thousands of people without shelter in central and northern parts of Congo," CAUSE:Rain |
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| 235 | C. Kenya | Kiambu District - River Riara from Kiambu town to Githurai area in Nairobi. | 11/17/02 | 11/20/02 | 4 | 12 | 2,000 | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | Tpz | 920 | 0.4 | "Over 100 homes were swept away by the raging waters which covered over 10 km. " "The water swept everything in its path for another 16 km to Githurai area in Nairobi"CAUSE:Dam Break | |||||
| 234 | S. France | Southeastern France -
Hyeres, Ain, Southeaast of Lyon. Besancon, Valence area. Rivers:
Rhone, Saone and Loire and tributaries. |
11/16/02 | 11/20/02 | 5 | 1 | 2,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 4,840 | 1.1 | "On Saturday, some 2,000 people were evacuated southeast of the city of Lyon as the Rhone, Saone and Loire rivers and their tributaries rose over warning levels"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 233 | Nova Scotia | Halifax area. Greenwood, Kings Co., Shearwater, Windsor. Gaspereau River in Annapolis Valley. | 11/14/02 | 11/17/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCpSs** | 4,330 | 0.9 | "Nova Scotia logged record amounts of rainfall over the last two days … more than 12 centimetres of rain in 36 hours."CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 232 | UK and Ireland | UK -- North and northeast Scotland - Elgin in Moray. Forres,
Rothes, Craigellachie, Dufftown, Tayside, Aberdeen area, Aberdeenshire
village of Aboyne, Angus. Rivers: Lossie, Mosset Burn, Divvie, Spey, South
Esk, Dee, Isla. Southwest England - Devon and Cornwall - St Ives, Penzance, Redruth, Hayle, Newlyn, Crowlas. Rivers: Exe, Stennac, Middle and Lower River Stour. Southwest Wales - Milford Haven, Carmarthenshire Eastern Ireland - North Dublin, Kildare, Meath (Dunboyne),. Wexford (Blackwater), Waterford, Gorey, Wicklow, Clonee, Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown. River Tolka |
11/14/02 | 11/25/02 | 12 | 1 | 400 | Heavy rain | 50 Dublin 180 Elgin |
3 | C | 11,750 | 8.1 | "In St Ives, Cornwall water levels rose by over five feet overnight as the River Stennac burst its banks. " " [Elgin] Inspector Stewart Milne of Grampian Police said the floods had been "the worst in living memory". He said there were reports that the flood water reached 4ft high in some place." Dublin "This is the worst devastation this area has experienced for 50 years." "Around 200 people in Moray had to flee at the weekend as the worst floods since 1829 cascaded through their homes. " "FLOOD levels on the River Dee reached their highest level for 30 years yesterday, after 48 hours of torrential rain lashed the north-east of Scotland."CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 231 | Peru | Junin Province - mudslides and flooding - towns: San Pedro, San Francisco de Panama, Palcapampa and Pacasmayo. Satipo. Rio Blanco | 11/09/02 | 11/12/02 | 4 | 4 | 100 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tsu | 6,100 | 1.1 | "At least four people died and an undetermined number are missing after mudslides caused when a river overflowed its banks in the Peruvian province of Junin" "Persistent downpours caused the Rio Blanco to overflow its banks, damaging scores of homes and washing away stretches of highway and crops"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 230 | Trinidad | Central and northern Trinidad -central Caroni Basin, St Joseph river. east/west Tamana area, parts of Macoya, Cumuto, Tunapuna, Tacarigua, | 11/05/02 | 11/20/02 | 16 | 3 | 300 | $3,300,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | Tpo | 880 | 0.8 | "...described "as unusual", Tuesday's floods, which resulted from a tropical depression that dumped several inches of rain on the country" "Heavy rains over the past two weeks have left a number of villages and towns, mainly in Central Trinidad, flooded and the Met Office on Wednesday warned of further rains that could lead to additional problems for a number of residents who have reported millions of dollars in lost property and animals."CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 229 | C. Vietnam | Central coastal provinces of Khanh Hoa (Ninh Hoa, Dien Khanh ) and Phu Yen. Thu Duc District. Rivers: Dinh, Cai, Sai Gon. | 11/03/02 | 11/07/02 | 5 | 2 | $200,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,000 | Tpz | 8,700 | 1.5 | "Floods in Khanh Hoa province pulled down two houses, sank four ships, damaged two bridges, and inundated provincial roads. Rivers in the province are swelling fast. The Dinh river's water level measured at 5.89 m, or 0.89 m above the highest warning level while that of the Cai river has risen to 8.79 m at 13:00 hrs of Monday. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 228 | S. India | Tamil Nadu state - Cauvery delta and Chennai City. Mayiladuthurai, Pudukottai, Meenambakkam. | 10/31/02 | 11/04/02 | 5 | 20 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 22,700 | 2.4 | "The week-long downpour has caused extensive damage to property. Roads have been flooded and hun dreds of people displaced from slums have been forced to take shelter in school buildings."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 227 | Columbia | Landslides and flooding in El Dorado, Canonico and San Mateo near Montecristo in the San Lucas mountains. Bolivar province. | 10/29/02 | 10/31/02 | 3 | 60 | 2,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 6,900 | 0.9 | "After heavy rain, the gravel and mudflow swept through several small villages and farmsteads in Bolivar province." "heavy rains caused several rivers in the region some 700 kilometers (420 miles) north of Bogota to overflow, causing mudslides to cascade down upon three villages last Tuesday"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 226 | S. China | Guangdong province - Shaoguan city, Lechang district, Ruyuan county | 10/28/02 | 11/02/02 | 6 | 50,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 5,500 | Tszo | 7,900 | 1.6 | "Storms hit the region on Sunday, bringing 211mm of rainfall over four days. The waters inundated about 5,500 hectares of farmland, destroying 1,300 hectares of crops in Shaoguan. More than 400 houses were destroyed."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 225 | E. Kenya | Madogo Division of Tana River District. Tana River. Marere river in Kinango area of Kwale district. | 10/29/02 | 11/04/02 | 7 | 14 | 20,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 77,900 | 5.4 | "Tuesday night flooding which occured after the walls of a dam next to a settlement collapsed following a heavy downpour. … The floods, which marked the onset of the short rains, spared only permanent structures and covered a 5-kilometre radius."CAUSE:Rain and Dam break | ||||
| 224 | S Vietnam | Binh Dinh province | 10/26/02 | 10/29/02 | 4 | 2 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 7,900 | 1.2 | "After the three days of rain, around 400 homes were flooded, and 40 houses and 3 bridges were destroyed, … The largest river in the province has risen 30 centimetres above the highest warning level … Binh Dinh province is not usually affected by the flooding that hits areas of Vietnam annually"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 223 | US Texas | Southern and Eastern Texas - Counties: Jefferson, Orange,
Liberty, San Jacinto, Montogomery. Houston area. Beaumont, Dupont,
Goliad, Calallen. Rivers: Guadalupe,
San Antonio, Nueces, Atascosa, Aransas, San Bernard, San Marcos, San Jacinto,
Tres Palacios, Colorado. Oso Creek. Gulf Coast areas of Mississippi and Lousiana. |
10/23/02 | 11/13/02 | 22 | 1 | 75 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 106,200 | 10.1 | "Major flooding along parts of the San Antonio, Guadalupe and Nueces Rivers in Texas, river flooding elsewhere minor to moderate. Flooding was reported along more than 32 rivers in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Alabama."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 222 | US Alaska | Kenai Peninsula - Homer, Seward and Portage areas. Ninilchik. Rivers: Resurrection Anchor and Kenai, Salmon Creek | 10/24/02 | 10/28/02 | 5 | $10,000,000 | Heavy rain | 30 | 2 | CSs** | 13,900 | 3.8 | "Several roads were closed, bridges were washed out and people were evacuated from their homes on the Kenai Peninsula Thursday after heavy rainfall caused major flooding and raised rivers to their highest levels in 30 years… The most serious flood damage was along the Sterling Highway leading to Homer on the peninsula's west side, south of Ninilchik and the Deep Creek Bridge, "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 221 | UK Scotland | Scotland - Edinburgh area. Aberdeen. Lothians and Borders. Kelso, Teviothead, Innerleithen, Longniddry, between Dunbar and North Berwick, Murrayfield. Rivers: Don, Eye Water, Gala Water, Jed, Tweed, Water of Leith | 10/22/02 | 10/25/02 | 4 | 100 | Heavy rain | 30 | 2 | C | 7,600 | 2.4 | "In the north-east, the River Don reached its highest level in 30 years …the River Tweed reached its highest level for decades ... An average October's rainfall fell in just two and a half days causing rivers - including the Don - to burst their banks, homes to flood and roads and rail lines to close. "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 220 | Uruguay | Salto and Paysandu cities. Uruguay River. | 10/12/02 | 11/11/02 | 31 | 2,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCp | 187,500 | 14.9 | "Floods of the Uruguay River surging on Sunday have led to the evacuation of over 1,000 people from Salto and Paysandu, two Uruguay's river cities bordering Argentina"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 219 | Indonesia | West Sumatra - Painan town. Batang Painan River | 10/18/02 | 10/20/02 | 3 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 135 | 0.1 | "more than 3,000 victims fled to nearby safer areas as floodwaters in Painan, some 76 kilometers south of the provincial capital, Padang, lay at a depth of one meter to two meters. The two-day heavy rains in several parts of West Sumatra since Thursday caused the Batang Painan river to overflow"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 218 | E. Romania | Black Sea Coast - Constanta county: Tuzla, Techirghiol, Constanta city. | 10/13/02 | 10/16/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 30 | 2 | CpSe* | 5,420 | 2.0 | "Flooding from torrential rains near the Romania's Black Sea coast on Monday claimed the life of a woman who was swept away by surging waters when the bridge she was standing on collapsed... Elsewhere in Constanta county, more than 100 houses, farms and buildings were inundated and farmland flooded in several localities... The worst affected spot was the small town of Tuzla, where about 70 percent of the village were flooded "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 217 | Argentina and Chile | Argentina - Santa Fe province and northern Buenos Aires
province. Yuqueri Grande River in Entre Rios Province. Chico River in Chubut
province. Rio Negro province - El Bolson. Chile - rural areas in south |
10/12/02 | 11/02/02 | 22 | 7 | 6,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCp | 424,000 | 20.1 | DEAD: Argentina 4, Chile 3-- DISPLACED: Argentina 6000, Chile 800 | |||||
| 216 | S. India | Kerala State - districts of Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram and Thiruvananthapuram. | 10/10/02 | 10/16/02 | 7 | 11 | Monsoonal rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 9,750 | 1.9 | "Many far-flung villages in the northern districts still remain cut off, as roads and bridges have been washed away in flash floods and landslips. "CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 215 | E. Macedonia | River Trkanja between Valandovo and Strumica. Luda Mara River near Kavadarci and Negotino. Vardar river in Raotince, Tetovo region. | 10/10/02 | 10/16/02 | 7 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 8,020 | 1.7 | "Flowed rivers, destroyed bridges, flooded villages, disconnected roads, non-reaped crops from the fields is the resulted of the heavy rains that constantly falls for one week in the eastern Macedonia, "CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 214 | S. Texas and NE Mexico | Texas - Laredo,
Brownsville, Del Rio. Medina River in San Antonio area in south Bexar County.
Mexico - Neuvo Laredo, Matamoros, Ciudad Acuna Rivers: Rio Grande, Guadeloupe |
10/10/02 | 10/15/02 | 6 | 1 | 800 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 16,620 | 2.3 | "Runoff from two to eight inches of rain that fell in parts of Maverick, Kinney and Val Verde counties earlier this week produced the surge. The river was expected to crest by Friday at 27 feet, more than three times its flood stage of eight feet, . "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 213 | Mississippi | Counties: Tate, DeSoto, Quitman, Grenada, Panola. Horn Lake, Southaven area | 10/10/02 | 10/12/02 | 3 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo TsuCpSe* |
11,710 | 1.2 | |||||||
| 212 | E. Algeria | Batna area, Zeribet El-Oued near Biskra, El-Hadjeb wadi. Hamma and Boutaleb in the Setif region. | 10/09/02 | 10/12/02 | 4 | 13 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsuCs | 23,940 | 2.1 | ||||||
| 211 | Caribbean and US Gulf Coast - Hurricane Lili | Cuba - Isla de la Juventud and Pinar del Rio Province. Eastern Jamaica - Seaforth, Trinityville. Cayman Islands - Lousiana - Pointe Aux Chenes, Montegut, Franklin, Grand Isle. Lake Pontchartrain. St. Tammany Parish Mississippi - Hancock and Harrison counties. Biloxi's Back Bay |
09/29/02 | 10/07/02 | 9 | 8 | 317,000 | $170,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpo TsuCpSe* |
20,040 | 3.1 | Lousiana - "A combination of storm surges and rain caused levees to fail in Montegut and Franklin, where flood waters threatened hundreds of homes"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 210 | US Gulf Coast -Tropical Storm Isidore | Lousiana - New Orleans. Parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans,
Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany and
Terrebonne. Lake Pontchartrain. Mississippi - Hancock and Harrison counties. Biloxi's Back Bay |
09/26/02 | 09/29/02 | 4 | 1 | 2,500 | $100,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | TsuCpSe* | 31,070 | 2.4 | "Isidore was a tropical storm that hit the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida with heavy rain and winds as high as 60 mph, causing flooding in New Orleans. It made landfall early on the morning of Sept. 26, dumping 10 to 12 inches of water in some areas, and leaving some streets in the Crescent City under as much as 20 inches of water. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 209 | S. Bulgaria | Rhodopes mountains. area of Krumovgrad | 09/25/02 | 09/28/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 4,230 | 0.9 | "Severe flooding in southern Bulgaria has cut off roads to three mountain villages, leaving their 800 inhabitants isolated from the rest of the country for two days, the civil defence service said Friday. Heavy rainfall since Thursday has swept away bridges and destroyed roads in the Rhodopes mountain range in southern Bulgaria. "CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 208 | Thailand | Bangkok
area. Provinces (districts): Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Sawan, Lop Buri (Chaibadal), Chachoengsao (Kabin Buri ), Cities: Hat Yai Rivers: Chao Phraya, Bang Pakong, Thachin |
09/17/02 | 12/02/02 | 77 | 1 | 3,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tpz | 139,700 | 16.2 | "The Chao Phya and Rama VI dams are releasing 3,900 cubic meters per second, which is over crisis levels. The water level in the Chao Phraya river, which was around the 1.50 to 1.60 meter-mark at the beginning of the week, had risen 10 centimeters by Oct. 1 and is expected to continue rising and exceed the record high of 1995, when severe floods hit Bangkok." "On Oct. 7, river level in the Thai capital rose to 2.02 meters in Bangkok due to a night-long torrential rain, the highest point since 1995."CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 207 | Albania | Northern
- Lezha and Shkoder regions. areas of Lac, Lezha, Shkodra and Kukes. Southern - districts of Berat, Skrapar, Permet, Tepelena, Gjirokastra, Saranda and Korca. Osum River in Berat. Tirana city flooded by drunk dam worker on Sep 27 |
09/21/02 | 10/08/02 | 18 | 1 | 9,700 | $17,500,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 32,000 | CpSe* | 11,920 | 3.2 | "Tirana's deputy mayor resigned Tuesday after much of the Albanian capital was flooded when a drunken worker opened the gates of a nearby dam"CAUSE:Rain | ||
| 206 | Central Vietnam | Provinces: Ha Tinh, Nghe An. Districts: Huong Son, Huong Khue and Duc Tho. La River | 09/20/02 | 09/30/02 | 11 | 76 | 200,000 | $58,000,000 | Heavy rain | 70 | 2 | 23,300 | Tpz | 19,980 | 6.8 | "Raging water in the central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh inundated more than 60,463 houses.... Flooding also submerged 10 kilometers of the north-south railway line, closing it for five days. According to local authorities, the floods cost more than VND894.8 billion ($58.4 million) in damages. More than 5,225 hectares of rice, 18,156 hectares of other crops, 982 cows and 26,800 fowl were lost during the week. The damage also included more than 300 schools, hundreds of bridges, 22 km of outer dykes, the same length of roads, 35 reservoirs and 859 electricity poles."CAUSE:Rain | ||
| 205 | Caribbean and Central America - Hurricane Isidore | Western
Tip of Cuba - Western province of Pinar del Rio and the Isle of Youth Mexico -Yucatan - Cancun, Merida, Chelem, Isla Mujeres Nicaragua - Pacific Coast Jamaica - |
09/18/02 | 09/26/02 | 9 | 6 | 300,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | 1 | Tpo | 48,800 | 4.9 | "On Wednesday Isidore drenched Jamaica, caused flooding and forcing shops and banks to close. Its winds were then 80 kilometres per hour, but Isidore quickly gained strength Thursday and easily surpassed the hurricane threshold of 119 kilometres per hour." " Most of the damage appeared to be to the tobacco crop and other agricultural interests but damage to buildings in the sparsely populated area was heavy from the wind and flooding caused by as much as 30 inches of rain in some areas"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 204 | US - Georgia - Tropical Storm Hanna | Southwest Georgia - Seminole County. Donalsonville. Atlanta area - Vine City and Washington Park |
09/21/02 | 09/24/02 | 4 | 0 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCpSe* | 5,640 | 1.0 | "The storm dumped 14 to 16 inches of rain in Donalsonville early Sunday, flooding 250 homes and 54 businesses. Agricultural losses in Donalsonville and surrounding Seminole County could run into the millions of dollars, said Rome Ethridge, the county's agricultural extension coordinator, whose office was awash with a foot of water Sunday morning."CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 203 | US - Texas - Tropical Storm Fay | Counties: Brazoria, Frio, Galveston, La Salle, Matagorda, Wharton, Nueces, Live Oak and Patricio | 09/06/02 | 09/19/02 | 14 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 97,960 | 8.3 | ||||||||
| 202 | Kenya | Mombasa, Matuga, Kipevu Districts: Kwale, Kilifi, Mobasa, Taita Taveta |
09/16/02 | 09/19/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 63,450 | 3.5 | ||||||||
| 201 | Mexico | States: Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas. San Pedro. Rivers: Pilon | 09/17/02 | 09/21/02 | 5 | 10 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 35,140 | 3.0 | |||||||
| 200 | New Zealand | Wakatipu region. Mararoa River | 09/19/02 | 09/21/02 | 3 | 0 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cp | 5,100 | 0.8 | |||||||
| 199 | S. France | Rhone valley. Provence. Gard, Herault and Vaucluse departments. Nimes and Avignon areas. Aramon, Sommieres, Rousson. | 09/08/02 | 09/12/02 | 5 | 23 | 2,500 | $1,200,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsuCs | 10,480 | 1.6 | "Officials said that up to 600 millimeters of water fell within 24 hours in some areas -- more than the usual total rainfall over six months" "Aramon was submerged Monday night, when a dike protecting its 3,600 inhabitants from a nearby tributary of the Rhone River gave way. At least five people were killed in the village, 10 kilometers southwest of the town of Avignon, in the Gard region" "In the Gard, 80 percent of vineyards were destroyed and 15 wine production and storage centers were damaged"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 198 | Yemen | Flooding in several areas of Yemen "in recent weeks" including: southwestern province of Taiz, western province of Hudaidah, Hadramout in the southeast. | 08/22/02 | 09/06/02 | 16 | 28 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 19,470 | 3.9 | "Thirteen people were killed last week in the southwestern province of Taiz and the western province of Hudaidah as well as in Hadramout in southeast Yemen. Fifteen more died in recent weeks in other parts of the country, the ministry said. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 197 | W. Italy | Elba Island - northern part of island | 09/04/02 | 09/06/02 | 3 | 1,200 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 90 | 0.1 | "...meteorologists recorded 133 litres of rain per square meter in only 18 hours. The entire northern part of the popular tourist island was hit by heavy flooding. Floodwaters swept away vehicles and sections of highway and dozens of vehicles were still floating early Thursday alongside pleasure boats in Marina di Campo bay. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 196 | W. India | Gujarat
State - Bharuch district, Surat, Vadodara and Anand. Jaghadia. Narmada
River Maharashtra State - Sadarpada, Jalgaon district, Nasik district, Dhule. Rivers: Godavari, Panzara, Tapi |
09/03/02 | 09/06/02 | 4 | 22 | 5,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tszo | 79,000 | 3.9 | "At least seven people drowned in flood waters, while four were buried under the debris of a wall that collapsed in Bharuch district, of western Indian state of Gujarat, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported. Three deaths were also reported from Surat, Vadodara and Anand."CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 195 | Greece | Athens, Kifissos river. Moshatos and Faliro districts | 09/03/02 | 09/05/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 280 | 0.2 | "Heavy rains on Tuesday evening caused the river Kifissos to burst its banks once again, flooding hundreds of homes in Athens' outlying Moshatos and Faliro districts, the fire service said. Around 700 firemen were called in to deal with hundreds of emergency calls, as flood waters reached 80 centimetres (32 inches) in some streets, carrying away cars and cutting off electricity supplies"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 194 | Guatemala | Guatemala City area. Villa Nueva. Pacific coast rivers overflowing. | 08/29/02 | 09/05/02 | 8 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 11,480 | 2.2 | "The rains are expected to continue for at least two more days, Guatemala's Meteorological Institute said in a report. The deaths and injuries occurred on the outskirts of Guatemala City, but rivers near the country's Pacific coast have also overflown their banks, though no damages have yet been reported. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 193 | E. Russia | Primorye Territory - Dalnerechenskiy and Khankayskiy districts. Malinka and Orekhova Rivers | 08/28/02 | 09/06/02 | 10 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,200 | TsuCpSe | 1,300 | 0.8 | "The Malinka and Orekhova Rivers in the far eastern Primorye region overflowed, sending floodwaters into 60 homes... The waters flooded 680 hectares of farmland and 12 kilometers of local roads, and washed out a bridge" "The emergency situation was introduced 10 days ago after ceaseless rains brought about huge flooding, with water approaching houses in several villages. The floods submerged some 1,200 ha of farmlands."CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 192 | South and North Korea - Typhoon Rusa | South Korea - Kangnung in Kangwon Province. South Kyongsang
Province: Kimhae, Hapchon, and Haman areas North Korea - Kangwon and Hwanhae provinces. |
08/31/02 | 09/03/02 | 4 | 138 | 70,000 | $800,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 85,000 | TsuCpSe* | 12,000 | 1.5 | "Death Toll Exceeds 200More than 200 people have been reported killed or missing as a result of floods and landslides caused by the deadliest typhoon in four decades" "Rusa was the deadliest typhoon to hit the Korean peninsula since 1987 … , the storm washed away 274 bridges, severed railways and roads in 174 locations, knocked down 10,000 electricity poles and flooded more than 17,000 homes." "Gangneung was one of the areas hit hardest by the typhoon. Many parts of the city of 220,000 people were swamped by waist-high floods after 3 feet of rain fell within 30 hours, the highest precipitation since weather officials began compiling records in the 1930s."CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 191 | Sierra Leone | Towns of of Senehun and Jamma near Bo, Tibel River. Njagabehun town in Moyamba District. Freetown. | 08/29/02 | 09/01/02 | 4 | 0 | 500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 180 | Tpz | 9,150 | 1.3 | "Some 200 people were affected by the floods, with at least 125 homes destroyed, although there were no reports of deaths...."over 75 acres (180 hectares) of rice fields were swept away as well as 28 acres of cassava, groundnuts and vegetable fields were waterlogged and uprooted." "CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 190 | C. Vietnam | Central Highland province of Dac Lac. | 08/19/02 | 08/24/02 | 6 | 4 | 6,000 | $3,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 8,000 | Tpz | 12,950 | 2.0 | "According to the latest report from the Central Highland province of Dac Lac, by Aug. 21, floods had seriously affected seven out of the province's 19 districts, causing four deaths, one injury, submerging nearly 1,500 houses, 6,154 hectares of rice and nearly 2,000 hectares of other crops. The total losses were estimated at 45.5 billion Vietnamese dong (VND) (3 million US dollars)."CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||
| 189 | Chile | Bio Bio region (Eighth Region) - towns: Hualqui, Ralco, Collao,
Tome, Penco, San Pedro de la Paz and Concepcion. Rivers: Andalien, Bio Bio, Nonguen, Itata. Maule region - Claro, Teno and Lontue rivers. Villa Alegre, Molina. O'Higgins region - Tinguirica River at San Fernando. Other regions: Valparaiso, Central Region VI, Sierras de Bellavista, San Fernando-Pichilemu, Apalta, Puquillay, Leonera. |
08/24/02 | 08/29/02 | 6 | 2 | 8,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cp | 62,180 | 4.5 | "Many of the hardest-hit areas were in Chile's Eighth Region, 530 kilometers south of Santiago, where the Andalien and Bio Bio rivers overflowed and damaged homes in the city of Concepcion and the nearby town of Hualqui. " " three towns in Hualqui were completely inundated when the Bio Bio River burst its banks. Water levels in the area measured as much as one meter in depth."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 188 | Burma (Myanmar) | Chindwin and Irawaddy (Ayeyawaddy) Rivers. Towns: Monwya, Mawliek, Kalewa, Nyaungoo Nyaung-u, Minbu, Magway Magwe and Hinthata | 08/17/02 | 09/04/02 | 19 | 5,000 | Monsoonal rain | 30 | 2 | 404,700 | Tszo | 125,500 | 20.9 | "Floodwaters brought on by monsoon rains have affected up to a million acres (404,700 hectares) of land throughout the country, leaving thousands of people homeless and causing widespread damage to crops and property"CAUSE:Monsoon rains | ||||
| 187 | NW Pakistan | North West Frontier Province - Peshawar and its surrounding area. Mardan, Malakand, Swabi, Matta. | 08/22/02 | 08/28/02 | 7 | 22 | 3,000 | $30,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tszo | 4,900 | 1.4 | "At least 20,000 people have been badly affected," said Haji Raza Khan, an official in the district of Mardan, approximately 60 kilometers (38 miles) north of Peshawar, adding six people had drowned in the district Friday. Floodwaters from rains that began Thursday have also injured dozens of people, killed hundreds of cattle and buffaloes and destroyed fruit and vegetable crops worth tens of thousands of dollars"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 186 | N. Thailand and Cambodia | Thailand - Provinces (districts): Lamphun (Ban Hong), Buri Ram,
Ubon Ratchathani (Warin Chamrap), Loei
(Muang, Wang Saphung), Petchaboon, Sukothai, Nong Khai, Trad, Chantaburi,
Phetchabun, Phitsanulok (Wat Bote), Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son (Mae Sariang,
Ban Tha Sala), Khon Kaen (Nam Phong), Phichit (Muang Phichit, Taphan Hin,
Bang Mun Nak, Tapkhlor), Nong Khai (Muang, Tha Bo), Prachuap Khiri Khan
(Bangsapan). Roi Et. Ban Nam Ko in Lomsak district. Rivers: Mekong, Mun,
Salween, Nan, Kwai Noi, Mae Ta, Nam Li. Cambodia - provinces: Kampong Cham, Kratie, Prey Veng, Stung Treng, Kandal. Mekong River. |
08/18/02 | 11/26/02 | 101 | 65 | 400,000 | $32,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 30 | 2 | 1,425,600 | Tpz | 358,600 | 55.3 | "The opening of flood gates in southern China has caused
the Mekong River to rise to its highest level in 30 years and triggered
flooding in northeastern Thailand" "Water levels on the Mekong
River yesterday reached 30-year highs, spreading fear among the residents of
the northern, northeastern and eastern provinces that their houses will be
swept away in the widespread flooding. " "Cambodia has had severe flooding for three years, but this year's has been particularly destructive because the waters rose much faster than expected, "The speed of the flood this year was very fast, faster than last year but the water levels have not remained high for that long, less than seven days," "In August flood waters in the Upper Mekong reached their highest levels since 1966" -- DEAD: Camboida: 29, N Thailand: 40 -- CAUSE:Monsoon rains |
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| 185 | E. Algeria | Regions - Tebessa, Oum El Bouaghi, Batna, Mila, Khenchela. Towns: Oued Aouf, Taxent, Teleghma, Dahouara. River: Oued El Hadjama | 08/17/02 | 08/28/02 | 12 | 28 | 500 | $1,500,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsuCs | 25,340 | 4.0 | "the regions of Mila, Oum El Bouaghi, Batna, and, to a lesser degree, Khenchela have been hit by floods following the "unseasonal" precipitation they have been witnessing since last Saturday 17 August night. " Aug 27 "Throughout the region, hundreds of homes have been flooded or battered by hail in the storms that began more than a week ago, and vast patches of farmland have been destroyed. The death toll was likely to rise, as many people were still missing. "CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 184 | W. Thailand and Burma | Thailand
- Provinces (districts): Tak (Mae Sot and Phob Phra), Chiang Mai (Mae Rim),
Mae Ramat. Mae Sariang. Rivers: Salween, Moei, Mae Ping Burma - Karen and Mon states - Thanlwin Salween River. Towns: Hpa-an Pa-an and Mawlamyine Moulmein. |
08/17/02 | 09/20/02 | 35 | 2 | 150,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 800 | Tszo | 49,780 | 7.9 | "flash floods raced through 31 villages in Mae Sot and Phob Phra districts after the Moei River overflowed its banks" "-- Thousands of people in northern Thai province of Tak have been evacuated as several days of heavy rain sparked flashfloods there ... the Moei river there broke its banks Sunday and caused flood levels as high as 2 meters"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||
| 183 | NW China | Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region - Kashi Prefecture. Gez River. Manas River | 08/15/02 | 08/19/02 | 5 | 0 | Heavy rain | See notes | 2 | CSs* | 17,450 | 4.3 | "At the height of the flood Gez River swept through the region at 640 cubic metres per second, causing the most severe flooding on record. Nine counties and cities have been affected by the disaster. " "several counties had been hit by floods after unusually heavy rain ... The situation had been aggravated by high temperatures that had brought large amounts of melt water from the mountains"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 182 | N. Vietnam | Ha Giang Province - Xin Man District. Lao Cai and Tuyen Quang provinces. Lo River and tributaries. Hong (Red) River in Hanoi. | 08/14/02 | 08/22/02 | 9 | 29 | 80,000 | $2,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 30 | 2 | 1,350 | Tszo | 50,980 | 9.9 | "floods caused by two days of heavy rains killed 26 people and inundated tens of thousands of homes in three provinces in the north of the country and in Hanoi" "In Hanoi, the Red River, swollen by floodwaters, has topped its banks. The system of 500-year-old dykes has protected the city from major problems, but now houses in the area have flooded. " ""This is the worst flood in Ha Giang for 30 years in terms of human lives and material losses"CAUSE:Rain | |
| 181 | SW China | Yunnan Province - Xinping County. Xiaowan Hydropower Station on Lanchang River. Yanjin. floods and landslides in 14 districts. | 08/14/02 | 08/20/02 | 7 | 106 | 13,000 | $4,200,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 17,270 | 2.6 | "Early Saturday morning 17 August , work huts at a construction site of the Xiaowan Hydropower Station under construction on the Lanchang River in Yunnan were demolished by a sudden landslide." "Since 14 August, Xinping County in Yunnan has had an unprecedented number of landslides. They have killed 31 people, left 36 missing and cut a 50-metre wide chasm on the mountain side."CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 180 | SE South Africa | Eastern Cape province - East London | 08/16/02 | 08/18/02 | 3 | 16 | 2,500 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tso | 3,000 | 0.6 | "heavy rains began lashing the city Thursday night, causing rivers to swell and creating flash floods. "Two of the victims were women, one was a girl and another a man. They were all living in low-lying squatter camps around East London," "The port city recorded its second heaviest rainfall on history with nearly 32 cm falling in 24 hours, washing houses and cars away, "CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | ||||
| 179 | C. Mexico | San Luis Potosi State - towns of La Ventilla, Villa de Reyes; Los Dolores dam. Villa Garcia town in Zacateca State - El Capulin dam. | 08/15/02 | 08/17/02 | 3 | 21 | 5,000 | Dam/Levy, break or release | Tso | 1,000 | - | "In San Luis Potosi, the Los Dolores dam buckled under heavy rains early Thursday, flooding the nearby municipality of Villa de Reyes … In neighboring Zacatecas the El Capulin dam burst early Thursday, unleashing a torrent of water on the city of Villa Garcia"CAUSE:Dam break | ||||||
| 178 | E. China | Jiangxi
Province - 10 counties. Gang River Zhejiang Province - Jinhua, Quzhou and Lishui regions. Quzhou City. |
08/13/02 | 08/17/02 | 5 | 21 | $22,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 6,400 | Tszo | 28,020 | 2.7 | "In the eastern province of Jiangxi some 520,000 people in 10 counties were affected by flooding caused by torrential rain which battered the province since last Monday, ...Some residents' homes are submerged in two meters of water … water levels in the middle and upper reaches of the province's Gang River and its three tributaries have surpassed warning levels, threatening more floods" "In eastern Zhejiang province, 21 were confirmed dead and eight missing after powerful mountain torrents triggered by heavy rain hit dozens of villages"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 177 | Philippines | Luzon Island - Manila and Rizal Province. Negros Island - Negros Occidental |
08/13/02 | 08/17/02 | 5 | 29 | 3,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | Tpz | 11,680 | 1.7 | "The level of floods, caused by a tropical depression, was as high as a person's neck in some areas of Manila, forcing traffic to a standstill and stranding vehicles on streets that resembled rivers,"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 176 | NE Iran | Golestan, Khorasan and Semnan provinces - Kalaleh. Ghalikesh district. Gonbad. Kouseh River | 08/10/02 | 08/14/02 | 5 | 35 | $3,750,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 5,000 | Cs | 9,720 | 1.6 | "This year's flooding damaged thousands of hectares of farmland, disrupted water supply to 20 villages and cut off electricity to 80 other villages" "The floods have also washed away roads and swamped farm land around Galikesh, a town in the province of Golestan some 500 kilometers northeast of Tehran"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||
| 175 | C. China | Sichuan Province - Chengdu city. | 08/08/02 | 08/13/02 | 6 | 5 | $12,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 70,000 | Tszo | 520 | 0.4 | "Floodwaters in parts of the urban areas of Chengdu, the provincial capital, were one to two meters deep. The heavy rain affected 18 counties, 110 towns and 1.2 million local people, and damaged some 70,000 ha. of farmland and over 8, 900 houses"CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 174 | N. India | Uttaranchal State - Tehri district. Uttarkashi. Villages: Marwari, Bishankot. Jaikur and Indravati rivers. | 08/11/02 | 08/13/02 | 3 | 33 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tszo | 6,770 | 0.9 | "The area, which was badly affected by a drought, is now reeling under floods triggered by the Jaikur and Indravati rivers bursting their banks"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 173 | UK | Northeast England - North Yorkshire towns of Filey, Cayton | 08/10/02 | 08/12/02 | 3 | 250 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | C | 60 | 0.1 | "In the worst affected area in Filey, water levels reached three feet. "It was the worst flooding Filey had seen in living memory," "CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||||
| 172 | S. Russia | Black
Sea Coast - Krasnodar region. Novorossiysk area. Towns: Shirokaya Balka,
Sochi, Krymsky, Tuapse, Sukhaya Shchel, Verkhnebakansky, Gelenzhik, Dyurso
and Abrau-Dyurso. Ukraine - east Crimea - Kerch, Jankoi. |
08/08/02 | 08/12/02 | 5 | 59 | 48,000 | $32,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 2 | CpSe | 10,860 | 3.4 | "Torrential rain in the past few days caused dykes and water reservoirs on the popular Black Sea coast in southern Russia to burst their banks, damaging hundreds of houses and causing more than 1,500 tourists and residents to flee. As many as 4,000 tourists were still trapped in Shirokaya Balka, a scenic coastal village that was devastated by the flooding"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 171 | C. Europe | Austria - Provinces: Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg,
Tyrol. Waldviertel region. Towns:
Linz, Passau, Steyr, Krems, Hallein, Zwettl, Perg, Ybbs, Vienna. Rivers: Danube, Salzach, Kamp Germany - States: Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Towns: Traunstein, Leipzig, Dresden, Passau, Reutlingen, Regensburg, Moosach, Glonn, Unterallgaeu, Munich. Pleisse River in Thuringia. Rivers: Danube, Elbe, Mulde. Czech Republic - Regions: Prague, Bohemia, Plzen, Karlovy Vary, Zapadocesky. Districts of Central Bohemia, Southern Bohemia, Pilsner, Carlsbad and Usti. Towns: Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Cesky Krumlov, Plzen, Karlovy Vary, Strakonice, Prachatice, Pisek, Susice, Radotin, Bratislava, Vodnany, Kaplice, Matejovice near Poprad. Rivers: Vltava, Blanice, Malse, Berounka, Slavkovsky, Uhlava, Luznice, Otava, Labe, Sazava. Southern Romania - Farcasesti village. Hungary - Budapest |
08/07/02 | 08/28/02 | 22 | 55 | 250,000 | $20,000,000,000 | Heavy rain | 100 | 3 | CpSe* | 252,300 | 46.6 | "In Prague, it's the worst flooding in 500 years, and it
may be in 1,000 years." "The floods that were mostly in Lower and Upper Austria (in the northeast) have spread to the entire Austrian territory," "In the Kamp River valley, where the Lower Austrian hydrological service last week reported the worst flooding since records began being kept in 1896, water levels rose by 11/2 meters (5 feet) overnight" "A dam burst Sunday night in the Lower Austria town of Zwettl, where a famed brewery was inundated by flooding earlier in the week, submerging 50 to 60 houses" "The flooding in Waldviertel was "the worst effect of heavy rainfall since records began after World War II in 1947," said Svabik, adding that several other areas had seen the worst floods in 40 years. " In Czech Republic the "worst flooding since 1997" "The Elbe - fed by high water that earlier devastated Prague - rose above nine meters (29 1/2 feet) early Friday, shattering the previous all-time high of 8.76 meters (28 3/4 feet) reached in 1845 [in Dresden]" "Officials said it was the highest water level on record in Regensburg, which was last hit by a bad flood in 1988. "The Danube reached a height of 28.2 feet in Budapest Sunday, just over the previous record set in 1965" "Water levels broke records in Dresden (the highest recorded for over 150 years), Prague (the highest recorded for well over 100 years), Bratislava and Budapest (both recording the highest levels for around 50 years) -- DEAD: Czech 9, Austria 4, Germany 8, Romania 7 -- DISPLACED: Czech: 200000, Germany: 30000, Austria: --"CAUSE:Rain |
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| 170 | C. China | Hunan province - Dongting Lake area. Chenzhou city. Anren county. Cities: Hengyang, Yongzhou, Zhuzhou, Changsha, Chenglingji, Yueyang, Yangliuyuan. Rivers: Zishui, Xiangjiang, Yangtze, Xinqiang. | 08/06/02 | 08/28/02 | 23 | 124 | 270,000 | $2,200,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 415,000 | Tszo | 94,510 | 9.6 | "In the south Hunan city of Chenzhou, 45 percent of urban areas were affected after 14 out of 29 reservoirs overflowed" "almost half of Chenzhou city was under water." "Around 38 million people have been affected by floods... which were triggered by rains beginning on August and described as the heaviest to hit the region for years. " "Elsewhere in Hunan, the Xiangjiang River that flows through the provincial capital of Changsha is at an all-time high" Aug23- "Dongting Lake in the central province of Hunan had risen to 34. 74 meters by Friday morning at Chenglingji City, where it connects with the flooding Yangtze River. Adding to the flood danger, the river has hit flood levels in several sections near the lake. Water levels will peak at 35 meters on Sunday morning at Chenglingji, the fourth highest level recorded, according to the officials. " -- DEAD: as of Aug 15-108 -- CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 169 | E. Tajikstan | Gorno-Badakhshan region in Pamir Mountains - Dasht village. Shokh-Darye River. | 08/07/02 | 08/08/02 | 2 | 24 | 500 | Dam/Levy, break or release | CpSe* | 400 | - | "A dam holding water in a lake in the Pamir Mountains of eastern Tajikistan broke Wednesday, flooding a village and killing 20 people, emergency officials said. The dam broke as a result of a mudslide near the village of Dasht in the Roshkalinsky region about 185 miles east of the Tajik capital Dushanbe" "72 houses were completely destroyed, as well as two bridges, a medical centre, a school, a four-km stretch of road and seven kilometres of electricity lines"CAUSE:Dam break | ||||||
| 168 | W. Romania | Transylvania Province - Cioara, Baia de Aries, Bistrita. | 08/06/02 | 08/07/02 | 2 | 1 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 16,410 | 0.9 | "and hundreds of people stranded as floods and storms ravaged the western Romanian province of Transylvania"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 167 | South and North Korea | South Korea - Seoul area, Choonchon, Hoengsung county. Pusan.
Rivers: Han, Naktong. North Korea - Provinces: South Pyongan, South Hwanghae. Kaechon, Tokchon, Anju and the counties of Nyongwon, Unsan, Mundok and Sukchon. Saenae River. |
08/05/02 | 08/11/02 | 7 | 21 | 26,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 3,700 | TsoCp | 29,700 | 3.4 | "Torrential rains flooded thousands of homes and caused landslides ... up to 400 millimeters (16 inches) of rain fell in central South Korea on Tuesday. Downpours began Sunday ... A total of 5,210 houses, mostly in the capital of Seoul, were flooded" -- DEAD: North dozens, South 21 -- DISPLACED: North 22000, South 4000 -- CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 166 | S. China - tropical storm Kammuri | Guangdong province - Wuhua county in Meizhou city. Cities: Shaoguan, Lianzhou. Beijiang river | 08/05/02 | 08/12/02 | 8 | 10 | 1,500 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 2,100 | 1.0 | "the floods caused by Kammuri injured 15 people, left 194 people homeless, and destroyed 12 houses in Wuhua county in Meizhou city, in Guangdong province. Rainstorms that have lasted for days have destroyed two local hydropower station dams and brought havocs to 412 villages to varying extent in Wuhua county" "floodwaters destroyed two dams and unleashed a torrent on residents below" "In Guangdong province...the Beijiang river has seen its most serious flooding of the year"CAUSE:Rain and dam breaks | ||||
| 165 | C. China | Gansu Province - Dingxi County. | 08/04/02 | 08/05/02 | 2 | 28 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsoCp | 5,170 | 0.5 | "Surging floodwaters have struck a bus in northwest China's Gansu Province, leaving 28 people dead. ... the bus ... encountered a rainstorm in Dingxi County at 11 p.m. on August 4"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||||
| 164 | Pakistan | District Muzaffargarh. Indus River. Betrampur, Lundi Pitafi, Khanwah, and Gabber Ara in, Bet Dariyai. Rohri Canal Breach in Sindh Province on July 30. | 08/03/02 | 08/07/02 | 5 | 3 | 800 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tszo | 1,350 | 0.6 | "village known as "Chhajra" in Jatoi Sub Division of District Muzaffargarh was reportedly swept away on Sunday, three children drowned, besides some 71 Pacca houses,179 kutcha houses, two mosques and seven tube wells, due to flood in Indus River ... Indus River is washing away its banks at Betrampur, Lundi Pitafi, Khanwah, and Gabber Ara in, Bet Dariyai"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 163 | NE China | Southern Liaoning province - cities of Anshan, Yingkou and Dashiqiao. | 08/03/02 | 08/06/02 | 4 | 2 | Heavy rain | 1 | 13,000 | TsoCp | 6,080 | 1.1 | "extremely heavy rainfalls between 9 p.m. Saturday and 11 p.m. Sunday caused flooding in southern parts of the province, especially in the cities of Anshan, Yingkou and Dashiqiao. In Dashiqiao city, one of the worst hit regions, an urbanite was killed in the floods while a farmer reported missing. According to witnesses, some parts of the city had been inundated by waters of over a meter. "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 162 | E Russia | Primorsky territory - Dalnerechensk district. Zimniki, Verbnoye, Savinkovka. Malinovka River. | 08/01/02 | 08/06/02 | 6 | 80 | Heavy rain | 1 | 780 | TsuCpSe | 1,350 | 0.7 | "on August 1, the level of water had risen abruptly in the River Malinovka, disrupting telephone communications and electric power supplies to six local villages. A score of houses were inundated. "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 161 | N. Vietnam | Provinces: Lao Cai, Tuyen Quang , Bac Kan, Lai Chau. Than Uyen district in Lao Cai. Tuyen Quang township and the surrounding areas. Rivers: Hong, Thai Binh, Lo. | 07/31/02 | 08/06/02 | 7 | 10 | 2,000 | $2,200,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 6,000 | Tszo | 27,820 | 3.2 | "Four days of torrential rains that begun Wednesday submerged some 6,000 hectares of rice and other food crops, triggered landslides, and swept away 300 houses. A further 6,400 homes were damaged, while 78 water supply stations were destroyed. Sections of roads across the impoverished northern areas have also been wrecked by the floods" "water levels in the delta regions of the Red and Thai Binh rivers are at dangerously high levels ... as a result of big flows from their upstreams"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 160 | Germany | Germany - Hamburg, Magdeburg, Chemnitz and Dresden. Baviarian
Alps |
07/31/02 | 08/08/02 | 9 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | CpSe* | 22,270 | 3.3 | "Flash floods caused chaos in northern and eastern Germany Thursday with Hamburg and the states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg worst hit as thunderstorms brought a heatwave to an end." "The whole of Hamburg is under water," CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 159 | E. Romania | Town of Silistea, and 40 other towns near Romania's Black Sea coast. | 07/30/02 | 08/03/02 | 5 | 2 | 4,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 3,420 | 0.9 | "two people were killed and at least 1,300 homes in eastern Romania destroyed by flooding in recent days brought on by heavy rains. About 40 towns in all have been affected" "It was the third time in a month that the area has been flooded, resulting in total estimated damage of about 16 billion lei (about dlrs 500,000). "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 158 | UK | Scotland
- east end of Glasgow. Shettleston, Norfolk, Stirlingshire. River Isla near
Perthshire. River Ericht around Blairgowrie. England - West Yorkshire: Marsden. River Colne. between Harrogate and Leeds. |
07/30/02 | 08/01/02 | 3 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | C | 1,320 | 0.4 | "Weather experts issued flood warnings for several parts of Scotland after a day of torrential rain Tuesday burst the banks of rivers, left homes flooded and wreaked travel chaos across much of the area … In areas worst hit by the downpour, meteorologists recorded 3 inches (7.6 cms) of rain in 24 hours - the equivalent of two month's rainfall."CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 157 | S. Bulgaria | Regions: Plovdiv, Khaskovo, Rhodopes. Towns: Studena, Pravoslaven Rivers: Selsa, Chaya. | 07/28/02 | 07/31/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 40 | CpSe* | 8,400 | 1.3 | "Heavy rains have swelled rivers and burst two dams in southern Bulgaria, causing intense floods that have ravaged villages, roads, and farmland for two days… rainfall in the Plovdiv region in July has exceeded the month's norms by three to four times"CAUSE:Rain and dam breaks | |||||
| 156 | South Africa | Cape Peninsula - Cape Flats | 07/28/02 | 08/03/02 | 7 | 2,300 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 280 | 0.3 | "a series of winter storms that have lashed the Cape Peninsula over the past week… flooding has become an annual winter ordeal for the many shack dwellers crowded into low-lying areas of the Peninsula. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 155 | N. Afghanistan | Sar-e Pol Province - Balkhab District. Sher, Gulwaz, Dushakh, Tagab-e Lola. | 07/28/02 | 07/30/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 300 | 3 | CSs* | 3,340 | 1.9 | "Such a raging flood has had no precedence in the 300-year-old history of Sar-e Pol Province … . Many homes have been destroyed in those areas and people have lost their properties. The floods have not caused human losses but they have killed many animals in the areas. The flood has washed away homes in some villages of the district."CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 154 | US Alaska | Fairbanks North Star Borough on Tanana River. Salcha, McGrath, Lime Village, Sleetmute, Red Devil, Crooked Creek, Aniak and Kwethluk on Kuskokwim River. Susitna River drainage from Chase to Montana Creek; and Emmonak in the Yukon River drainage. | 04/27/02 | 05/31/02 | 35 | 0 | $7,800,000 | Snowmelt | 1 | CSs** | 17,600 | 4.7 | spring floodingCAUSE:Spring Melt | |||||
| 153 | US Virginia | Giles County - Pembroke. Little Stony and Doe creeks | 07/25/02 | 07/27/02 | 3 | 0 | 100 | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsoCp | 2,050 | 0.5 | "Heavy storms brought 5 1/2 inches of rain to this Appalachian town last month, causing Doe Creek to grow into an uncontrollable river. The creek and its tributaries flooded farms, homes and businesses. About 200 Giles County homes, eight businesses, three public buildings and two parks were damaged by the flood..."CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||
| 152 | NW China | Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region - Counties: Baicheng, Jeminay. Altai, Hotan, Aksu, Ili. | 07/21/02 | 07/29/02 | 9 | 15 | 10,000 | $38,600,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 156,000 | CSs* | 127,600 | 15.7 | "the water has reached dangerous levels in 20 rivers in Xinjiang - record highs for seven of them... In Baicheng county, 11 people were killed and 19 miles of dikes were destroyed, causing $2 million in damage, the officials said. Jeminay county has been flooded four times in the past week, with waters reaching more than 3 feet in some places"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 151 | W. Yemen | Raima | 07/24/02 | 07/26/02 | 3 | 13 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 5,160 | 0.8 | "The eight family members died late Wednesday when their house was swept away by floods in Raima, some 100 kilometers (65 miles) west of Sanaa"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 150 | Nigeria | Lagos | 07/24/02 | 07/26/02 | 3 | 2 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 1,650 | 0.4 | "A week of heavy rainfall … A mother and baby drowned Thursday when their mud home was swept away by torrential floods in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 149 | NW Iran | City of Khalkhal and other nearby villages. Kousar, Meshkin-Shahr, Nir and Ardebil | 07/23/02 | 07/26/02 | 4 | 6 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Cs | 990 | 0.4 | "A woman was killed in the city of Khalkhal and other nearby villages in north west Iran were severely damaged by heavy floods" "the floods damaged the infrastructure of 20 villages in addition to water pipelines of five other villages"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||||
| 148 | Alaska | Dyea near Skagway. Taiya River. | 07/23/02 | 07/24/02 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 1 | CSs** | 1,150 | 0.2 | "A landslide triggered a flood that forced the evacuation of at least 25 people from the small town of Dyea near Skagway on Tuesday...said a sudden surge sent a volume of water down the West Creek drainage. It caused the Taiya River to rise, cresting at 21 feet by 7 a.m. Tuesday before subsiding "CAUSE:Landslide Triggered | |||||
| 147 | Turkey | Black Sea region - Rize Province and city. Guneysu and Cayeli townships, Selamet. Central - Corum and Yozgat provinces. Eastern - Kars and Mus provinces. | 07/23/02 | 07/27/02 | 5 | 34 | 3,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Cs | 15,130 | 2.0 | "Floods swept through the Black Sea city of Rize, where 18 people were killed, 15 were missing and more than 200 remained stranded in their swamped villages"CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 146 | Nepal | Kathmandu valley. Terai area. Districts: Makwanpur, Khotang, Kathmandu, Chitwan, Kavre, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Bhojpur, Dhankutta, Syangja. Kavrepalanchowk, Lalitpur, Dhading, Siraha, Rautahat, Nawalparasi, Tehrathum, Morang, Gorkha, Dhankuta, Panchthar, Jhapa, Ilam, Sindhuli, Morang. Kamlamai Municipality. Kamala River and tributaries. | 07/21/02 | 08/15/02 | 26 | 380 | 250,000 | Monsoonal rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 15,070 | 4.0 | floods and landslides "The hardest hit district was Makwanpur in the south of the kingdom where about 150 people have been killed since Sunday as their villages were swept away by floods" "recent floods and landslides that affected 46 of Nepal's 75 districts" -- DEAD: total in nepal this year 429 -- CAUSE:Monsoon rains | ||||
| 145 | Philippines - Juan and Kaka | Luzon - Provinces: Bulacan, Laguna, Pampanga, Pangasinan. Manila
area. Mindanao - Maguindanao Province Negros Island. Visayas. |
07/20/02 | 07/28/02 | 9 | 18 | 7,000 | Tropical cyclone | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 12,840 | 2.5 | "Rains dumped by a deceptively "weak" storm named
"Juan" submerged much of Metro Manila and surrounding
provinces" Floods and landslides. tropical depression Juan and tropical storm KakaCAUSE:Rain |
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| 144 | E Russia | Primorye Territory - Vladivostok area. Districts: Ussuriysk, Oktyabr, Khasan, Pogranichny and Khankai. Rivers: Razdolnaya, Migunovka and Komissarovka | 07/20/02 | 07/26/02 | 7 | 1,500 | $645,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 21,000 | TsuCpSe | 23,880 | 3.0 | "The region around the Pacific port of Vladivostok received a one-month amount of precipitation over the past few days, but water levels in local rivers rose particularly sharply Sunday, to 2.5 meters (8 feet) above the critical level, said Anatoly Zarechnev, Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman in Vladivostok. "It most likely was the dumping of water from reservoirs on the Chinese side that caused the rise," "CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 143 | W. Venezuela | Apure State - Bajo Apure area. Guasdualito territory. Paez. Cities: Barinas and San Cristobal. Rivers: Sarare, Arauca, Apure. Orinoco River in Amazonas, Barinas, Delta Amacuro, Portuguesa and Bolivar states. | 07/20/02 | 07/31/02 | 12 | 5 | 50,000 | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 80,000 | Tpz | 224,900 | 11.8 | Floods affect "95 percent of the Guasdualito territory" "Following five days of rain, five people were dead and the southern state of Apure was flooded" "President Hugo Chavez declared a state of emergency in Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Delta Amacuro and Portuguesa states, all of which have rain-swollen rivers, including the giant Orinoco river. "CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 142 | Romania | North, east and southeast of Romania - Constanta, Suceava, Prahova | 07/19/02 | 07/23/02 | 5 | 5 | Heavy rain | 1 | 4,600 | CpSe* | 5,420 | 1.2 | "heavy rain fell over the weekend, causing widespread floods in 10 counties around the country"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 141 | Slovakia | Central and eastern areas - Districts: Zilina, Presov and Bardejov. Cierny Balog. Rivers: Cierny Hron | 07/19/02 | 07/23/02 | 5 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 2,190 | 0.8 | "Water streams in Central and Eastern Slovakia have overflown as a result of torrential rains in the area, flooding hundreds of houses, pulling down small bridges and damaging roads"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 140 | E. Iran | Khorasan province - cities: Quchan, Shirvan. | 07/20/02 | 07/21/02 | 2 | 3 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Cs | 1,660 | 0.3 | "Flooding near the city of Quchan killed one person, Barakchi said. Two others died in the city of Shirvan. Several homes in villages were also damaged"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||||
| 139 | E. South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal
- Amatikulu, North Coast, Kearsney. Amatikulu River Eastern Cape - Elliot and Cala. Ngwani River |
07/19/02 | 07/21/02 | 3 | 8 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tso | 5,570 | 0.8 | |||||||
| 138 | S. Vietnam | Mekong
Delta - An Giang and Dong Thap provinces. Rivers: Tien, Hau, Mekong. In Late August flooding continues in Dong Thap and An Giang and expands to: Long An, Can Tho, Kien Giang, Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Ca Mau, Tien Giang, Vinh Long |
07/15/02 | 12/02/02 | 141 | 155 | 200,000 | $25,400,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 6,266 | Tpz | 46,640 | 10.7 | "Around 400 hectares of subsidiary summer-autumn rice in An Giang province's Tan Chau, An Phu and Tri Ton districts have been inundated by water. Dong Thap province's Luc Thuong district is likely to face total losses because of flooding. Water levels at Tan Chau, at the mouth of the Tien River, one of two biggest rivers in the region, reached 3.02 meters on July 14, some 0.21 meter higher than the same period last year.... The level at Chau Doc, the mouth of the Hau River, also rose to 2.34 meters. Some rice areas along the river's banks in An Giang and Dong Thap provinces, the region's two largest rice-farming areas, were already swamped by floods. " oct 17 "An Giang province was the worst affected with VND79.7 billion ($ 5.2 million) in damage, followed by Vinh Long with VND77.3 billion ($ 5 million), Dong Thap VND75 billion ($ 4.9 milllion), Long An VND56.2 billion ($ 3.7 million), Can Tho VND43.3 billion ($ 2.8 million) and Kien Giang VND20.8 billion ($ 1.4 million). The floods killed 142 people, including 128 children, submerged 288,836 houses and 1,410 schools and destroyed 1,034 bridges. It also inundated 50,000 hectares of agricultural crops, 30,706 hectares of orchards and 1,682 hectares of aquatic farming ponds."CAUSE:Monsoon rainsHECTARES FLOODED: | |||
| 137 | E. Nepal | Khotang District - villages of Sungdel and Dipsung. | 07/14/02 | 07/16/02 | 3 | 46 | Monsoonal rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 1,050 | 0.4 | "heavy monsoon rains triggered massive landslides in the villages of Sungdel and Dipsung of Khotang District in eastern Nepal, on Sunday 14 July. Some 46 people are feared killed and 150 missing. The landslides reportedly also swept away 29 houses and a health post, and more than 90 houses in the area have been severely damaged."CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 136 | C. Mongolia | Arkhangay aymak district. | 07/14/02 | 07/16/02 | 3 | 7 | $20,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSs* | 32,890 | 2.0 | "Seven people, including five children, have died and two have gone missing due to a flood in the Arkhangay aymak district in central Mongolia"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 135 | Czech Republic | Southern Moravia region - Blansko, Zdar. Rivers: Becva, Hodoninka. | 07/14/02 | 07/17/02 | 4 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 1,326 | 0.5 | "Two women, aged 64 and 66, died in southern Moravia on Monday, and five villages were flooded and several houses damaged by waters up to two meters (six feet) high"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 134 | Guatemala | Northern Guatemala - Polochic River, Teleman. | 07/13/02 | 07/15/02 | 3 | 2 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpo | 3,708 | 0.7 | "Intense rains caused flooding and mudslides in Guatemala that killed at least two people and destroyed dozens of homes"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 133 | Spain | Mallorca Island.Palma. | 07/13/02 | 07/15/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 350 | 0.2 | "The heaviest July rainfall in half a century has caused serious flooding on the Spanish holiday island of Mallorca … up to 55 litres fell inside an hour late Saturday "CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 132 | New Zealand | North Island - Northland, Auckland, Waikato and the Coromandel. Bombay, Maramarua and Mercer. Waikato River. | 07/12/02 | 07/15/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cp | 6,950 | 1.2 | "The Waikato River was more than double its usual level, at 5.46m."CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 131 | Siberia | Irkutsk Region - Tayshetskiy District. Rivers: Biryusa, Tagul, Tishet | 07/12/02 | 07/16/02 | 5 | 2,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 6,000 | CSs** | 49,720 | 3.6 | "Over 2,000 residents of Tayshetskiy District in Irkutsk Region have been cut off from the rest of the world by floods. The level of water in the Biryusa river has exceeded the critical mark by almost 2.5 meters." "Recent floods on the East Siberian river Biryusa brought damage of R45m ... Tayshet District that had seen the major flooding said the agricultural sector had sustained the biggest losses, as the river waters flooded almost 6,000 hectares of grain crops, vegetable plantations and pastures."CAUSE:Rain and snowmelt | ||||
| 130 | Japan - Typhoon Chataan | Central and southern Japan - Gifu Prefecture near Nagoya, Japan. Ogaki city. Oita. | 07/09/02 | 07/11/02 | 3 | 1 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCpSe* | 1,400 | 0.4 | "Typhoon Chataan, downgraded to a tropical storm but with winds still gusting to 70 mph, dumped 16 inches of rain on Gifu Prefecture near Nagoya, Japan … with serious flooding in Gifu and close to 20,000 urged to evacuate their homes"CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 129 | Greece | Athens, Kifissos river. | 07/08/02 | 07/09/02 | 2 | 1 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 290 | 0.1 | "Floods which swept through Athens after torrential rains early this week seriously damaged at least 1,500 buildings in the city, local officials said Wednesday. The floods, which occurred on Monday when the local Kifissos river broke its banks, also left one person dead. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 128 | N. Philippines - Typhoons Chataan, Nakri and Halong | Luzon Island - Provinces: Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bulacana, Tarlac, Bataan, La Union, Batangas, Pangasinan. Towns: Baguio, Manila area, Quezon City, Navotas and Marikina. Pampanga River. | 07/06/02 | 07/19/02 | 14 | 61 | 25,000 | $8,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tpz | 20,600 | 3.8 | "Many major thoroughfares and residential areas of Manila and nearby provinces were under water - in some places as deep as six feet. Many families have been forced to move to 96 evacuation centers or to stay with relatives. "CAUSE:Monsoon rains | ||||
| 127 | Nepal | 12 villages in south Rupandehi. Lalbakiya River. | 07/07/02 | 07/09/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tszo | 2,000 | 0.5 | "After incessant rains, the Lalbakiya River overflowed its banks inundating 12 villages in south Rupendehei, local reports said. Twelve villages are under four feet of water. Floods have damaged property and crops worth several million rupees"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 126 | SW Nebraska | Southeast Ogallala, Keith County. | 07/06/02 | 07/08/02 | 3 | 1 | $800,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | TsuCpSe* | 710 | 0.3 | "More than 6 inches of rain fell Saturday in a portion of drought-stricken southwest Nebraska .... Much of Ogallala escaped major damage, but businesses to the southeast, including restaurants, hotels and a truck stop, were flooded with water and were just beginning to clean up the mess. "CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | ||||
| 125 | W. Yemen | Salafiyeh region. | 07/06/02 | 07/08/02 | 3 | 10 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 3,900 | 0.7 | "At least 10 people were killed and several others are missing after torrential rains caused flash floods in the mountainous region of Salafiyeh in western Yemen over the weekend, local authorities said Sunday … Dozens of homes and thousands of hectares (acres) of land were damaged by the flooding in the region 180 kilometres (111 miles) west of Sanaa, he added."CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 124 | E. Columbia and W. Venezuela | Columbia - Dike collapse on Aruca River; Aruca city. Venezuela - Amparo. |
07/05/02 | 07/08/02 | 4 | 18,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 0 | Tpz | 1,400 | - | "According to the Interior Ministry's Disaster Prevention Office, a dam that was holding back the waters of the Arauca river has collapsed, provoking a state of emergency in the city of Arauca eastern Colombia, on the border with Venezuela "CAUSE:Rain - dike collapse | |||||
| 123 | South Korea | South and southwest coastal areas | 07/05/02 | 07/07/02 | 3 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCp | 9,640 | 1.1 | "...a tropical storm, left over from Typhoon Rammasun" "Large sections of roads were swept away by floods or buried in landslides in the country's worst-affected areas along the southern and southwestern coasts"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 122 | NW China | Shaanxi Province - Zichang and Qingjian counties. | 07/04/02 | 07/07/02 | 4 | 5 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSs* | 4,730 | 1.0 | "Floods hit Zichang County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, claiming five lives and threatening over 30,000 people, local sources said Friday 5 July . Two people are still missing and nine miners are trapped underground in the flood-stricken area. Rescue efforts are underway to save the miners. Over 20 counties in Shaanxi have had heavy rain since early Thursday morning and floods have engulfed Zichang and Qingjian counties" "The heavy rain continued for six hours, and the rainfall reached 259 millimetres - a level not seen there in 500 years"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 121 | NE India and Bangledesh | Ganga-Padma, Brammaputra-Jumuna and the Meghna river
basin. India - North Bengal - Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri . Rivers: Torsa, Tista. Bihar State - 24 of 38 districts including: Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Saharsa, Nalanda, Darbhanga, Sheohar, West Champaran, Bagha, Samastipur, Katihar, Khagaria, Saran, Sitamarhi, Sheohar. Rivers: Bagmati, Kosi, Gandak, Kareh, Adhwara, Ganga, Burhi Gandak, Punpun. Assam State - Districts: Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Majuli Island, Guwahati, Morigaon, Cachar and Hailakandi. Barak valley region. Rivers: Jiadhal, Subansiri, Bramaputra, Barak and Kathakal . Other India states: Mizoram, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh . Bangladesh - districts: Kurigram, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur. Jamalpur, Gainbandha, Pabna, Sirajganj, Satkhira, Manikganj, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Tangail, Munshiganj, Narayanganj. more low-lying areas of Dhaka. |
06/21/02 | 08/28/02 | 69 | 503 | 15,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 4 | 1 | 2,000,000 | Tszo | 276,600 | 22.3 | "A week of monsoon rains has submerged 17,500 villages in Assam, marooning up to 700,000 people. West of here in Bihar, some 200,000 are estimated to be trapped after three days of heavy downpour. The Dhemaji district 465 kilometers east of Assam's capital Guwahati has been the worst hit, with flash floods inundating at least 15,000 villages and leaving up to 550,000 people stranded." "Flood waters rose as high as 17 centimeters from storms Monday and Tuesday, damaging crops, roads and homes in an area 250 kilometers north of the capital, Dhaka, weather officials said. Relief workers said thousands of people had been evacuated to higher ground in certain areas. Meanwhile, some 100,000 people were confined to their homes in Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram and Nilphamari districts " July9 "Rains and overflowing rivers have submerged 20 percent of Bangladesh" July 30 "In Bangladesh, flood waters have engulfed a third of the delta nation " aug 6 "Nearly half of Bangladesh has been flooded this year" -- DEAD: Bang: 157, India: 352, Bihar 317, Assam 39, se asia including nepal: 874 -- DISPLACED: Bang:6000000, Assam:3200000, Bihar:500000, India 6.2mill --CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||
| 120 | S. China | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region - Cities: Liuzhou, Guilin, Dongxing,
Hezhou. Western Guangdong province - Xijiang and Beijiang Rivers and tributaries. Yunnan province - Tonghai county. |
06/29/02 | 07/06/02 | 8 | 11 | 80,000 | Heavy rain | 4 | 1 | 175,000 | Tszo | 179,000 | 8.8 | "At least nine people have died in southern China as the worst summer floods for four years continue to threaten large areas of the country. Torrential rain last weekend has caused floods that left at least five people dead and affected 3.4 million in the southwestern Guangxi region, the semi-official China News Service said. Soldiers were racing to evacuate up to 100,000 people in Guangxi's Hezhou city"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 119 | C. Texas | San Antonio and Austin areas. New Braunfels, Bandera, Utopia, Tilden, Abilene. Rivers: San Antonio, Medina, San Marcos, Sabinal, Frio, Pedernales, Nueces, Guadalupe, Blanco, Atascosa. Creeks: Cibolo, Barton. | 06/30/02 | 07/23/02 | 24 | 9 | 4,000 | $1,000,000,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | Tso | 108,300 | 20.9 | "Major flooding on the San Antonio and Medina, San Marcos, Sabinal, Frio Rivers and Cibolo and Barton Creeks in southern Texas with moderate flooding on numerous other rivers and streams. There were 10-14 inches of rain since Monday, and 4 to 8 inches overnight. Many evacuations with homes and roads flooded and dangerous flooding throughout the area. Much low lying land near the rivers flooded, covering agricultural lands. Two persons perished after being swept away by flood waters. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 118 | C. China | Hunan Province - Yangtze River, Dongting Lake, Xiangjiang River
valley. Yangtze River in Hubei, Anhui and Jiangsu Provinces. July 5 - Lower reaches of Yangtze above danger mark |
06/30/02 | 07/13/02 | 14 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tszo | 600,000 | 20.4 | July 5 "According to flood control authorities in east
China's Jiangsu Province, the capital city Nanjing reported a river level of
8.67 metres on Friday, topping the local danger mark for the first time this
year. Several other provincial cities along the Yangtze's lower stretches
also posted water levels above the danger mark on Friday." "Emergency services were put on high alert in central China after further rainstorms filled an important lake on the flood-prone Yangtze River to dangerous levels ... The level of water in Hunan province's Dongting lake, which acts as a buffer for the Yangtze River, rose to 31.71 meters -- close to the 32-meter flood warning mark"CAUSE:Rain |
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| 117 | E. Georgia | Disricts: Marneuli, Signakh, Borjomi, Gurdzhaani and Akhalgori. | 06/29/02 | 07/02/02 | 4 | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain | 60 | 2 | CpSe | 13,580 | 3.2 | "The ground floors of more than 1,200 homes in three villages of the Marneuli district, Eastern Georgia, were flooded Sunday morning... Strong showers have caused rivers and brooks in the area to overflow. Floods have also affected the Borjomi, Gurdzhaani and Akhalgori districts in eastern Georgia. Ground floors of several dozen homes and grazing land are flooded. Power lines and bridges have been destroyed in some places. Several thousand head of livestock have drowned. "CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 116 | W. India | Maharashtra
State - Districts: Thane, Bhiwandi, Palghar, Dahanu, Vasai Talukas. Gujarat State - coastal areas. Amreli, Bharuch, Junagadh and Valsad. |
06/26/02 | 07/03/02 | 8 | 169 | 28,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tszo | 170,600 | 8.6 | "The dead include 41 people killed in two days of flash flooding in villages 25 miles north of Bombay, said Iqbal Chahal, an official at the affect Thane region. "It is the beginning of the monsoon and the flooding was sudden. These areas were difficult to reach," said Chahal. " "The torrential rains have led to several dams overflowing, resulting in serious floods in the two states, officials said. People in many areas of Maharashtra were evacuated to safer areas following floods triggered by the rains"CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 115 | S. Philippines | Zamboanga del Sur province - Imelda town | 06/26/02 | 06/27/02 | 2 | 6 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 70 | 0.1 | "A crowd of people were celebrating the feast of Saint John with local government officials at a river bank when strong waves stirred by heavy rain in the upper reaches suddenly breached the bank and blew the victims away"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||||
| 114 | E. India | West Bengal State - embankment breach at Kalagachi river in Sandeshklahi | 06/25/02 | 06/26/02 | 2 | 4 | 11,000 | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | Tszo | 50 | 0.0 | "Four people were swept away Tuesday while about 11,000 others were rendered homeless as flash floods swamped 10 villages in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal .. The flooding was caused by a breach in the embankment of the Kalagachi river in Sandeshklahi, "CAUSE:Dike breach | |||||
| 113 | Vietnam | Central
Binh Phuoc Province - Dong Xoai town. Northern Lai Chau Province - Muong Te district. |
06/20/02 | 06/23/02 | 4 | 4 | $723,684 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tpz | 2,200 | 0.7 | "Torrential rains arrived at midnight on June 22 in central Binh Phuoc province's Dong Xoai town and flooded 200 houses and swept away hundreds of local cattle and poultry. Initial losses were estimated at over VND11 billion ($ 723,684). No deaths have been reported so far" "Four people were killed and one seriously injured when flash floods and mudslides hit a remote province in northeast Vietnam, a local official said on Tuesday. Torrential rain began at midnight last Wednesday in Lai Chau, 500 kilometres north of Hanoi. Two hours later, two bamboo houses and their occupants were swept away by a mudslide"CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | ||||
| 112 | Ireland | Ulster - Belfast, Antrim and Down. Glengormley, Carrickfergus and Whitehead. | 06/22/02 | 06/24/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | C | 2,750 | 0.6 | "… worst flash floods for years ... Hundreds of householders in Belfast, Antrim and Down were mopping up after Friday night's rainfall which caused widespread flooding. Then heavy rain came down again yesterday, flooding homes in Glengormley, Carrickfergus and Whitehead. "CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 111 | NW China | Southern Shaanxi Province - Counties: Zhenba, Xixiang and Ningshan. | 06/21/02 | 06/25/02 | 5 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSs* | 22,460 | 2.4 | "Heavy rain hit the province in Northwest China again from Friday to yesterday. Subsequent flooding has damaged large areas of farmland and many houses in Zhenba, Xixiang and Ningshan counties in southern Shaanxi"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 110 | Canada | Western Ontario - Rainy River District. Ignace, Sioux Narrows, Nestor Falls, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Alberton, Atikokan, Chapple, Dawson, Emo, La Vallee, Lake of the Woods, Morley. Municipality of Machin, in the Kenora District | 06/09/02 | 06/12/02 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCpSe** | 5,530 | 1.0 | "The Rainy River District and area experienced severe flooding on June 9, 10 and 11 that caused extensive damage to private properties and local infrastructure in the area"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 109 | S. Russia | North
Causasus - Republics and Territories: Stavropol, Kabardino-Balkaria,
Karachayevo-Cherkessia, Chechnya, Krasnodar, Dagestan, Ingushetia, Adygea,
Adygea. Rivers: Kuban, Malka, Baksan, Terek, Kardonik, Argun, Sundzha, Laba, Belaya, Urup and Fars. |
06/19/02 | 07/01/02 | 13 | 117 | 200,000 | $437,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1000 | 3 | CpSe | 224,600 | 36.5 | "A 20-day norm of precipitation fell in the highlands of Kabardino-Balkaria within a day" "The highway linking Russia and the North Caucasus is blocked in several places by mudflows, and three sections are destroyed by water from overflowing mountain rivers." "There have been no such devastating floods ever recorded in the republic." "One-third of Karachair-Cherkessia, a republic in the North Caucasus, has been flooded as a result of recent heavy rains. " "Local residents told Interfax the flooding was the worst Chechnya had seen since 1937." "The damage was more widespread than any flood in Russia since the Siberian republic of Yakutiya was inundated by melting snow and ice in May 2001." "...floodwaters in Stavropol region have changed the course of several rivers..." "Power lines and telephone communications have been disrupted across the entire region in what is already being called the worst natural disaster to hit the North Caucasus since 1937." "Electricity and telephone lines have been knocked out and hundreds of hectares of farmland destroyed in Dagestan, which borders Chechnya, where floodwater had covered one third of the region's territory and destroyed 400 homes...The flood also damaged an oil refinery, leaking oil into the Sunzha river which swept the oil slick further out to the Caspian Sea." "The republic of Ingushetia was among the worst hit, with its mountainous regions completely cut off from aid as torrential waters swept away all roads" "Minister Ruslan Tsalikov said 4,848 houses have been destroyed, 11, 342 buildings damaged and 59,600 flooded; 12,500 utilities facilities, 110 kilometres of gas pipelines and 71 water intakes have been damaged. Floods have fully destroyed 269 bridges, including five railway ones, 1,500 kilometres of motor roads and 800 kilometres of power lines, leaving 131 settlements without electricity"CAUSE:RainHECTARES FLOODED: | |||
| 108 | New Zealand | North Island - Coromandel Peninsula, Thames area, Waiomu Stream. South Waikato towns of Putaruru and Tokoroa. | 06/21/02 | 06/23/02 | 3 | 1 | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain | 15 | 2 | 3,000 | Cp | 6,480 | 1.8 | "Heavy rain and 100 kilometer-an-hour (60 mile-an-hour) winds left the northern area of North Island awash. Up to 100 millimeters (4 inches) of rain fell in just a few hours."CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 107 | Bangladesh | 110 kilometers north of capital Dhaka Districts: Mymensingh, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Rangpur Rivers: Surma, Kangsha |
06/18/02 | 06/24/02 | 7 | 4 | 20,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tszo | 18,370 | 2.6 | "Dhaka's weather office said 400 millimeters (16 inches) of rain fell in the affected region on Tuesday and Wednesday, causing the Surma and Kangsha rivers to overflow and flood more than 200 villages."CAUSE:Monsoon rains | |||||
| 106 | S. China | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region - Counties: Yongfu, Xing'an. Gulin City, Lijiang River | 06/14/02 | 06/22/02 | 9 | 8,000 | $200,000,000 | Heavy rain | 80 | 2 | 70,000 | Tszo | 20,150 | 6.2 | "The local flood-control authority said floods there have been the worst for 80 years. Heavy rainstorms since May 13 have raised major rivers in Guangxi above or close to danger levels. Railways and river transport have been obstructed." CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 105 | E. China | Jiangxi Province - Fuzhou City, Fuhe River | 06/13/02 | 06/24/02 | 12 | 24 | 150,000 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | 300 | Tszo | 13,630 | 2.9 | "The embankment of Fuhe River broke on June 17, inundating more than 300 hectares of farmland in Jinxi County and making 2,000 people homeless. "CAUSE:Rain - dike collapse | |||
| 104 | NW Romania | Transylvania - Cities: Targu Mures, Zlatna. Roca River | 06/16/02 | 06/18/02 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | CpSe* | 765 | 0.3 | "the Roca River burst its banks amid torrential rain late Sunday and its gushing waters flattened a dike"CAUSE:Rain | |||||||
| 103 | Brazil | Rio Grande do Sul state, capital Porto Alegre, Lake Guaiba. Rio Cai and Rio Sao Sebastiao | 06/12/02 | 06/19/02 | 8 | 2,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 18,940 | 2.9 | "Seven municipalities close to Porto Alegre declared a state of emergency as local rivers Rio Cai and Rio Sao Sebastiao breached their banks and caused 1,400 people to flee their homes"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 102 | C. China | Hunan
Province - 148 townships in 10 counties. Cities: Chenzhou, Yongzhou, Zhuahou, Zhangjiajie,
Hengyang. Rivers: Xiangjiang, Zishui,
Yuanjiang and Lishui, Dongting Lake. Yangtze River Sichuan province - Chongqing municipality. Cities: Nanchong and Suining. |
06/15/02 | 06/24/02 | 10 | 53 | 32,000 | $50,740,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 476,000 | Tszo | 130,300 | 8.3 | "A total of 148 townships in 10 counties in central China's Hunan Province have been flooded due to successive rainstorms in recent days. Floods have destroyed 8,000 houses, affected 1.44 million people and damaged some reservoirs and river embankments, causing direct economic losses of 420 million yuan. More than 100 mm of rain has fallen recently in six counties in Chenzhou City and five counties in Yongzhou City in Hunan Province. Zhuzhou City received 333 mm of rain" "... the water level of Dongting Lake, the country's second largest freshwater lake which is close to the Yangtze River, had reached a record 30.93 meters after days of heavy rain. "CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 101 | E. China | Fujian Province - Counties: Minqing, Jianning. Towns: Fuzhou, Sanming, Junkou . Minjiang River and its tributaries Jinxi, Shaxi and Futunxi. | 06/12/02 | 06/19/02 | 8 | 11 | $12,000,000 | Heavy rain | 200 | 3 | 4,000 | Tszo | 50,530 | 14.0 | "...from June 11 to 16, a dozen counties' accumulative rainfall had reached 300 millimeters and that of Fuzhou city's Minqing County hit a record high of 353 millimeters. In Jianning County of Sanming City alone, some 80,000 people were affected by flooding, including nearly 1,000 who were stranded in Junkou Township" "Landslide caused by rainstorms early Monday have blocked traffic in a railway in Fujian Province ... close to 100 meters of the railway between Nanpingnan and Yangdanzai stations in the northern part of the province had been covered by mud and rocks." "Jinxi [tributary of the Minjiang] surging to its highest level in 200 years"CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 100 | Tajikistan | Capital Dushanbe, village of Revat | 06/16/02 | 06/18/02 | 3 | 4 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | CSs** | 1,160 | 0.4 | "Heavy rains triggered a new wave of mudslides and flooding … The rain that fell Sunday was the equivalent of what Tajikistan normally receives over the course of four months"CAUSE:Rain - mudslides | |||||
| 99 | NE India | State of Assam, Dhemaji district, worlds largest river island of
Majuli Rivers: Brahmaputra and its tributaries, Jiadhol |
06/16/02 | 06/22/02 | 7 | 25,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tszo | 3,790 | 1.2 | "The Dhemaji district 465 kilometers east of Assams capital Guwahati has been hammered by flash floods, triggered by monsoon rains, that have submerged at least 50 villages and marooned up to 50,000 people." "Thousands of endangered animals have fled flash floods in the world-renowned Kaziranga National Park in India's northeastern Assam state, making themselves vulnerable to poachers" "... incessant rains during the past few days had made the state's largest Brahmaputra River and its swollen, muddy tributaries exceed danger levels"CAUSE:Monsoon rains | ||||||
| 98 | Cuba | Central Cuba - Provinces of Sancti Spiritus, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Ciego de Avila. Zaza river. | 06/12/02 | 06/16/02 | 5 | 30,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 15,670 | 2.0 | "In Sancti Spiritus, 362 kilometers east of Havana, the waters at the Zaza river dam have risen to what experts are calling "extraordinary" levels. ...heavy rains that have drenched the central region since May 20 have swept away sections of road and railway line, left some towns isolated and done considerable damage to homes and crops"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 97 | US - Vermont | Counties of Lamoille, Franklin, Caledonia, Orleans and
Essex Towns: Lyndon, St. Johnsbury |
06/12/02 | 06/14/02 | 3 | 0 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCpSe* | 11,380 | 1.2 | "A day and night of heavy rains pushed the Passumpsic River over its banks Tuesday night, spreading water through homes, businesses and across the roads by early Wednesday."CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 96 | S. Russia | Southern Republic of Dagestan, located in the North Casucasus region | 06/12/02 | 06/14/02 | 3 | $1,500,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSs** | 10,640 | 1.1 | "Torrential rains in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan have triggered mudslides and disrupted water and gas supplies to thousands of people" "The flooding has done more than dlrs 1.5 million in damage to bridges, roads and homes in 12 districts of Dagestan"CAUSE:Rain | ||||||
| 95 | Jamaica | South-Central Jamaica - Parishes: Clarendon, St. Elizabeth, St Catherine, Manchester, St Thomas. New River. | 06/12/02 | 06/16/02 | 5 | 7 | 400 | $20,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,000 | Tpo | 3,000 | 0.9 | "June 11 - HEAVY RAINS and thunderstorms continued to pelt the island yesterday, increasing misery in already hard hit parishes and causing a new round of flooding in sections of central Jamaica." "Officials say the recent rains, which claimed at least seven lives, also resulted in losses of over 2,000 has of crops islandwide. "CAUSE:Rain | |||
| 94 | Ghana | Accra city. | 06/10/02 | 06/12/02 | 3 | 0 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1 | Tpz | 860 | 0.3 | "About 10 hours of rain in Accra have caused extensive flooding of several low-lying areas of the city and residents are on Tuesday cleaning up the mess. Hundreds of residents, in the west of the capital, have been rendered homeless by the rains which poured until mid-day on Monday disrupting life of hundreds of thousands of people. Accra has had a perennial flooding problem."CAUSE:Rain | |||||
| 93 | Russia, W Siberia | REPUBLIC OF BASHKORTOSTAN Chelybinsk Region; Towns: Ashi, Minyar, Sim, Katav-Ivanovsk and Ust-Katav Sim and Katav Rivers Salavatskiy, Belkatayskiy Karaidelskiy, Iglinskiy and Duvanskiy districts. |
06/09/02 | 06/15/02 | 7 | Heavy rain | 1 | CSs** | 66,440 | 5.0 | ||||||||
| 92 | N. Vietnam | Ha Giang Province, Hoang Su Phi District | 06/09/02 | 06/11/02 | 3 | 3 | Heavy rain | See notes | 1 | Tszo | 1,300 | 0.4 | "The flash flood appeared out nowhere Sunday night. It caused the stream to rise so quickly that it carried away three workers."CAUSE:Rain - flash flood | |||||
| 91 | NW China | Shaanxi Province - Counties: Foping, Ningshan, Changan, Yangxian, Shiquan, Hingshan Cities: Xian Rivers: Hanjiang, Ziwu, Xun Sichaun Province - Chongqing Municipality Cities: Suining, Hanzhong, Nanchong Rivers: Yangtze, Jialinjiang Guizhou Province - Hubei Province - |
06/08/02 | 06/18/02 | 11 | 326 | 300,000 | $400,000,000 | Heavy rain | 100-1000 | 3 | 3,600,000 | CSs* | 252,000 | 36.1 | "By Monday two people were dead and 108 missing after floods hit the seat of Fuping County, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province at the weekend. The floods also ravaged 15 kilometers of highway, a large number of houses and some 533 hectares of farm land in the county, according to local flood control authorities. According to local people, the flood is of a scale rarely seen in 100 years. It has caused great damage to houses, farm land, roads and infrastructure along the rivers." "Water levels on 18 rivers in the province were rising due to the flooding, while run off on the Ziwu river and the Xun river, major branches of the Hanjiang river, reached historic highs." "the worst flood to ever hit the county [Foping, Shaanxi]"CAUSE:Rain | ||
| 90 | US - North Central | Western
Minnesota - Counties: Becker,
Beltrami, Clay, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall,
Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, Clearwater. Towns: Ada, Mahnomen.
Rivers: Twin Valley, Ada, Marsh, Wild Rice and Roseau. Eastern North Dakota - Pembina County, Fargo and Grand Forks areas. Tongue, Pembina and Red Rivers. Illinois - Wapsipinicon and Rock Rivers. |
06/08/02 | 06/29/02 | 22 | 0 | $370,000,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 809,400 | TsuCpSe* | 47,500 | 13.5 | "Heavy weekend thunderstorms with rain over 6 inches across parts of North Dakota and western Minnesota led to record river flooding along the Wild Rice River at Twin Valley, Minnesota, and widespread flash flooding. Major flooding also on Wapsipinicon and Rock Rivers in Illinois; the Rock River reached record levels over the weekend" " Farmers used boats to reach their homes and volunteers rushed to fill sandbags Sunday as flooded portions of western Minnesota prepared for it to get worse … "We've had water in the last 24 hours that we've never seen before," June 25 -"The Wild Rice River crested here, beating a record set two weeks ago ... the river peaked at 17.58 feet late Monday night and had dropped 4 inches by 9 a.m. Flooding problems begin in Ada when the river reaches about 14 feet. The record crest set two weeks ago was 16.8 feet. "CAUSE:Rain | ||||
| 89 | W. Europe | Southern
Germany - southern Bavaria villages of Guenznurg and Diedorf near Augsbourg.
Bavarian Alps. Central Switzerland - central cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz. Southeastern France - Saint-Geoire-en-Valdeine village in Isere region. River Drome in Valence region. Italy - northeast: Fruili-Venezia Giulia. northwest: Val D'Aosta and Piemonte: Cervo river in Biella. Venice. Austria - province of Lower Austria. |
06/06/02 | 06/09/02 | 4 | 8 | 100 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | CpSe* | 103,700 | 4.5 | "Eight people were found dead Friday after fierce thunderstorms swept across Europe, leaving a trail of flooded roads, collapsed houses and downed bridges from France to Poland." "Dozens of homes were flooded or damaged by mudslides in both southern Germany and southeastern France after torrential rain, producing record rainfalls, swept across the region." "In Switzerland, rail and road traffic was badly disrupted in the central cantons of Lucerne and Schwyz, and agriculture fields, fruit orchards and vines were damaged."CAUSE:Storms | |||||
| 88 | Honduras | Tegucigalpa area. Comayaguela. El Paraiso in the southwest. | 06/06/02 | 06/13/02 | 8 | 10 | 4,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | |||||||||
