| Last updated 9:00 PM EST, February 8, 2006 by ERG and EKA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 Global Register of Major Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DFO # | Country | Detailed Locations |
Rivers | Began | Ended | Duration (days) | Dead | Displaced | Damage (USD) | Main cause | Secondary cause | Recurrence Interval (anecdotal) | Severity Class* | Hectares flooded | Hayden Code | Affected Region ( sq km) | Flood Magnitude** | MODIS
flood inundation limit file names*** |
Notes and Comments | |
| 171 | USA | Northern California - counties: Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Marin, Solano. San
Francisco Bay area to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Napa Valley. Towns:
Napa, Guerneville, San Anselmo, Novato, Collinsville. Nevada - Reno, Truckee, Carson City. |
California - Sacramento, San Joaquin, Russian, Napa, Navarro, Klamath,
Eel, Pit, Susan, Truckee. Nevada - East Fork of the Carson and the Truckee Rivers |
31-Dec-05 | 18-Jan-06 | 19 | 0 | 4,000 | $ 245,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 140,500 | 11.0 | 20060042055Cali171Ma2.38 20060041920Cali171M2.34 20060041915Cali171M2.38 |
Severe storms cause floods and mudslides. California - Up to 9.57 inches of rain. Napa river higher than 1986 floods. 1,000 homes flooded in Napa city. Flooding of vineyards. Russian river in Sonoma near record levels. Nevada - mudslide on interstate 80 near Truckee. Worst flooding in Reno since 1997. MODIS observations of flooding on the Sacramento river on January 4, 6, 8, 9, 15 |
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| 170 | Congo Republic | Brazzaville northern suburbs. Mpila, Simba Pèle, Maman Mbouale | Congo river | 24-Dec-05 | 28-Dec-05 | 5 | 1 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,100 | 0.5 | Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides in northern suburbs of Brazzville, thousands homeless. Floodwaters 4 meters deep in Mpila | ||||||||
| 169 | Western Sahara | Laayoune area | 22-Dec-05 | 26-Dec-05 | 5 | 0 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 114,100 | 10.9 | Two days of heavy rain in normally arid region causes flooding
on two watercourses on a scale not seen for decades. Water up to 1 meter deep
around Laayoune flooded houses and roads. MODIS observations of flooding in Laayoune area and rivers to the west on December 23, 26 |
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| 168 | Malawi, Mozambique | Southern Malawi - districts: Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mangochi Mozambiquie - provinces: Nampula (Nampula City), Sofala (Dondo, Nhamatanda, Buzi, Beira, Caia, Marromeu), Zambezia (Gurue), Gaza (Xai-Xai, Inhambane). |
Malawi - Shire, Ruo,
Nyamazire, Lalanje, Mwanza and Kombezi Mozambique - Shire, Ruo, Zambezi, Pungue, Mutamba, Licungo, Buzi |
22-Dec-05 | 7-Feb-06 | 48 | 23 | 50,000 | Heavy rain | 40 | 2 | 224,100 | 36.7 | Malawi - 1 dead. 15,000 families homeless in Chikwawa, 5,000
hectares of maize destroyed, 50% of the land flooded. 4,500 homeless in
Nsanje. 4,000 ha crops flooded. Worst flooding in Nsanje district in almost a
half century. Mozambique - 22 dead. 4,000 hectares of crops destroyed in Pungue river basin in Dondo district. 1,700 homes destroyed and 9,000 homeless in Nampula. Widespread loss of crops and livestock. Total crop loss of 7,400 hectares (0.2% of the total area planted). MODIS observations of flooding on the Pungue river on December 28, January 6, 8, 19, 23, 25. Flooding on the Shire river on January 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
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| 167 | Phillipines | Central and western Philippines. Oriental Mindoro - Calapan City, Baco, Naujan, Puerto Princesa, Barangay Biga, Barangay Malabo Palawan - Aborlan, Dumaran, Taytay, Barangay Sta. Maria, Roxas, San Vicente. Bicol - provinces: Albay, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and Catanduanes. Bato Quezon - Pagbilao, Mauban, Lucena, Candelaria Aurora - Dipaculao, Casiguran, Bianuan, Dibacong and Tinib Camarines Norte - Victoria Capalonga, Labo Visayas islands - Leyte - Palo. other provinces: Aklan, Iloilo, Camarines Norte, Negros Occidental, Quezon |
Oriental Mindoro - Bocayao and Mag-asawang Tubig | 5-Dec-05 | 29-Dec-05 | 25 | 9 | 60,000 | $ 350,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 4,630 | 2.2 | Heavy monsoon rains followed by Tropical Depression Quedon cause
flooding and landslides. Oriental Mindoro most affected by flooding. 15,000 families evacuated after a protective dyke collapsed in Calapan City. Worst floods in Calapan City since 1954.Agricultural damage in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro is estimated at $514,706. By December 19 floods inundated most of Calapan City and Baco and Naujan towns from overflowing Bocayao and Mag-asawang Tubig Rivers. Quezon - 15,000 relocated to higher ground in Lucena. 47 houses have been partially damaged in Mauban. |
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| 166 | Canada | Dauphin River Indian reserve, 250 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, at the juncture of the Dauphin River and Lake Winnipeg. Gypsumville area. | Dauphin River | 5-Dec-05 | 16-Dec-05 | 12 | 0 | 56 | Ice jam/break-up | 30 | 2 | 1,840 | 2.1 | Floods caused by ice jams blocked the only road to the Dauphin River First Nation reserve. Meter deep flooding in some spots. Last big winter flood in same area was 30 years ago. | ||||||
| 165 | Vietnam | Central Provinces: Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang), Quang Ngai (Mo Duc), Binh Dinh (Dong Xuan, Tuy An, Song Hinh), Quang Nam, Phu Yen, Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan. Dac Lac (Krong Ana, Lak, Ma Drak) | Nha Trang, Kon, Cai Nha
Trang, Dinh Quang Ngai - Ve, Tra Cau, Tra Khuc, Tra Bong Binh Dinh - Con, Ha Thanh and Lao Giang Dac Lac - Krong Ana, Krong Kno and Serepoc. Krong No |
4-Dec-05 | 24-Dec-05 | 21 | 62 | 20,000 | $ 19,000,000 | Heavy rain | 5 | 1 | 45,000 | 63,090 | 7.6 | Two weeks of heavy rain causes flash floods. 62 dead as of
December 23. 171 houses destroyed, 335
houses damaged, 5,300 homes inundated. 49 bridges damaged. 22 irragation
projects damaged. 45,000 hectares crops submerged. Economic losses estimated
at VND437 billion. Damage to major highway from landslides. Khanh Hoa
province: 32 deaths, worst floods in 5 years. Phu Yen: 14 dead. Binh Dinh 11
dead. Quang Ngai 5 dead. Dac Lac - 7 dead. Six days of heavy rains cause floods and landslides. 2,000 houses destroyed. 10,000 ha crops inundated. 500 hectares of coffee damaged. Economic losses estimated at 83 billion VND. Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa - landslides in Ca Pass on December 20. Floodwaters begin to subside on December 19. |
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| 164 | Albania | Southern regions: Gjirokaster, Durres, Elbasan, Lezhe, Berat, Fier. Vlore, also the capital Tirana. Towns: Burrel, Rubik. Librazhd district | Fan River | 30-Nov-05 | 3-Dec-05 | 4 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | 10,410 | 1.4 | Over 4,100 hectares of farmland flooded. Hundred houses damaged. 10,000 people isolated in the Librazhd district after floods destroyed a bridge. | ||||||||
| 163 | Thailand, Malaysia | Southern Thailand provinces: Songkhla (Muang Songkhla, Sadao, Hat Yai,
Tambon Khao Roop Chang). Yala (Raman, Krong Pinang, Muang, Bannang Sata,
Yaha). Nakhon Si Thammarat (Tha Sala district, Nopphitam). Chumphon (Lamae,
Muang). Pattani (Muang, Nong Chik, Kapho, Yarang, Pakaharang, Chabangtiko).
Narathiwat (Sukhirin, Waeng, Sungai Kolok, Chanae, Sungai Padi, Tak Bai,
Rusoh). Phatthalung (Pak Phayun). Trang.
Satun (La Ngu). Surat Thani (Koh Samui, Phrasaeng). Northern Malaysia. states: Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah (Kubang Pasu, Kota Star, Padang Terap, Langkawi), Perlis, Perak |
Thailand - Ta Pi, Pattani | 23-Nov-05 | 12-Jan-06 | 51 | 69 | 700,000 | $ 14,900,000 | Monsoonal rain | 30 | 2 | 70,520 | 20.9 | Three weeks of heavy rain cause "some of the worst floods
to hit peninsular Southeast Asia in decades" Southern Thailand - 55 dead as of Dec 23. Worst floods in 40 years. $14.9 million in damages. Flood water up to 2 meters deep in Pattani. In Yala, 30,000 affected, 66 roads and 282 fish farms damaged. 102,216 persons affected in Pattini, losses of 231 homes, 144 roads, 7 bridges, 832 fish farms and some 24,000 rai of paddy fields damaged or destroyed. Outbreaks of conjuctivitis and fungal foot infections. "This is the worst flood after the ones in 1967 and 1977." Malaysia - 9 dead as of Dec 23. 30,000 evacuated. worst floods in 30 years. MODIS observations of flooding in southern Thailand in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Yala on Decmeber 27. |
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| 162 | Sri Lanka | Provinces: Western (Colombo, Ratmalana, Gampaha). Eastern (Trincomalee). Northern (Jaffna, Killinochchi, Mullaitivu). Sabaragamuwa (Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura). Southern (Galle). Central | 21-Nov-05 | 23-Nov-05 | 3 | 6 | 8,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 29,870 | 1.9 | 270 mm of rain in the capital, Colombo. 2,000 homes destroyed. Tsunami victims in temporary shelters in Trincomalee forced to leave. | ||||||||
| 161 | Vietnam | Central region: Quang Ngai Province -
districts: Tu Nghia, Son Tinh and Mo Duc. Binh Dinh Province - districts: Tuy Phuo, Phu Cat. Quang Nam Province - Nam Tra My District. |
Tra Khuc River, Ve River | 18-Nov-05 | 21-Nov-05 | 4 | 5 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 16,020 | 1.8 | Quang Ngai Province: flooding of thousands of homes in the districts of Tu Nghia, Son Tinh and Mo Duc. Binh Dinh Province: thousands of homes in the two districts of Tuy Phuoc and Phu Cat submerged or destroyed. At least 15 landslides on roads. | |||||||
| 160 | Jamaica | St. Mary, northern St. Catherine and Trelawny | 15-Nov-05 | 17-Nov-05 | 3 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | 760 | 0.3 | Heavy rain caused by remnants of tropical depression 27. Floods, mudslides, and landslides. | |||||||||
| 159 | United Kingdom | Wales: Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire | Gwili or Bala | 11-Nov-05 | 11-Nov-05 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 210 | 0.0 | Flash flood, worst in the village of Cynwyl Elfed in at least 60 years. | ||||||||
| 158 | France | Southern France - Perpignan area | Augly and Verdouble | 15-Nov-05 | 17-Nov-05 | 3 | 2 | 1,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,000 | 0.5 | Heavy rains cause several rivers to overflow. 1,000
evacuated. MODIS observation of flooding on two rivers north of Perpignan on November 16, 17. |
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| 157 | Australia | New South Wales - Central-western region - Eugowra, Molong, Orange,
Bathurst, Parkes, Forbes, Wyalong and Trundle. Broken Hill, Wellington South Australia - Adelaide Plains region - Virginia, Gawler, Adelaide Hills, Dernancourt, Hope Valley, Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Surrey Downs and Houghton Victoria - Shepparton, Rutherglen, Benalla and Wangaratta |
Mandagery Creek, Belubula River, Molong creek, Bells River, Gawler River, North and South Para rivers, Onkaparinga, Torrens, Patawalonga | 8-Nov-05 | 13-Nov-05 | 6 | 1 | 1,000 | $ 76,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 204,300 | 8.1 | 100mm rain overnight caused flash flooding in central west NSW.
$16 million in farm damages in central west NSW. Entire town of Eugowra
evacuated (700 people), near record flooding in Eugowra. Hundreds of homes
inundated in Adelaide Hills area. Town of Virginia in Adelaide Plains hit
with a one-in-100-year flood. $60million losses in agriculture in Adelaide
Plains. Torrens river at 50 year flood levels. MODIS observations of flooding in Parkes area of NSW on November 8, 10, 11, Flooding much less by November 13. |
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| 156 | Colombia | Northwestern provinces: Sucre, Córdoba, César, Magdalena (Aracataca), Antioquia, Choco, Atlantico | River Magdalena | 15-Sep-05 | 16-Dec-05 | 93 | 95 | 100,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 115,200 | 15.4 | Heavy rains since September kill 95 throughout Colombia. Floods
and landslides. Nearly 180,000 homes damaged. Large areas of maize, banana
and yucca destroyed. "Worst-hit are the northwestern provinces of Sucre, Cordoba and Cesar, where severe flooding has wrecked thousands of hectares of rice and cotton fields and forced many farmers to abandon their farms." " The Colombian government said this year's rainy season was the worst for the last five years" |
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| 155 | Vietnam - Typhoon Kai tak | Central Vietnam - provinces: Quang Nam, Quang Ngai (Son Ha), Thua Thien-Hue (Phong Dien), Quang Tri. Danang and Hue, Hoi An. Phu Vang, Phu Loc, Huong Tra, Quang Dien. | 2-Nov-05 | 4-Nov-05 | 3 | 20 | 15,000 | $ 11,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 16,660 | 1.4 | More
than 9,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged. Crops destroyed on 12,800
hectares. Quang Nam - 15,000 displaced. Hoi An - 3,000 evacuated. |
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| 154 | Nicaragua and Honduras - Hurricane Beta | Nicaragua's Caribbean coast -
Karawala, Sandy Bay Sirpi, Barra de Rio Grande, Cruz de Rio Grande,
Laguna de Perlas, Kukra Hill, Walpa,
Kara, Esperanza, Guadalupe and Company Creek. Tortuguero y Desembocadura de
Rio Grande. Tasbapauni. Puerto Cabezas. Honduras - Provinces: Gracias a Dios, Atlantida and Colon. La Ceiba, Roatan |
Nicaragua - Rio Grande of
Matagalpa, River Coco Honduras - Cangrejal River, Wampu River |
30-Oct-05 | 15-Nov-05 | 17 | 2,000 | 20,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 57,710 | 6.8 | 20053191620Hond154M2.56 20053141900Nicar154Ma2.54 20053141600HonNic154M2c 20053121615Nicar154M2c 20053101625Nicar154M2.46 20053101625Hond154M2.60 20053051605Hond154M2.66 |
Record 13th hurricane of this years Atlantic storm season comes
ashore in Sandy Bay Sirpi, Nicargua on October 30. Remnants of the hurricane
bring heavy rain to Caribbean coast.
Area hit by Tropical Storm Gamma Nov 18-20. Nicaragua - 13,000 refugees in southern Nicaragua. Up to 15 inches of rain. Over 100 hectares of crops lost. Honduras - 7,800 evacuated from 50 communities along northeastern Atlantic coast. Rivers overflowing near Nicaraguan border. Novemeber 10 - Honduras departments Colón and Gracias a Dios remain cut off. MODIS observations - November 1: part of Sico Tinto river high. November 6, 8, 10, 12: parts of Aguan river high. November 8: Flooding south of Coco river in Nicaragua. November 15 - most of Auguan river still high. |
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| 153 | India | Southern India Tamil Nadu - Salem, Namakkal, Karur and Erode. Tiruchirapalli. Vellore, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, Dharmapuri, Madurai, Villupuram, Krishnagiri. Srirangam. Madras (Chennai). Cuddalore. Prakasham and Ongole. Sirkazhi, Kollidam, Velankanni, Tiruvarur. Melapalayam. Union Territory Pondicherry, Karaikal Karnataka - Bangalore. Mysore. Andhra Pradesh - Nellore, Chittoor, Visakhapatanam. Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Kadapa and Nellore districts. Vempalle |
Cauvery, Coleroon, Palar, Pennar, Papaghni, Nagavali and Vamsadhara. Bhavani | 23-Oct-05 | 9-Dec-05 | 48 | 279 | 300,000 | Monsoonal rain | 50 | 1 | 131,300 | 14.0 | Heavy rains from low pressure system in Bay of Bengal. Crops and
homes destroyed in Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
states. Rain in October and early November subsided, then more monsoonal
storms hit between November 21 and 24. October 29 - Train accident caused by washed out tracks kills at least 114 in Velugonda in Andhra Pradesh. Tamil Nadu - 160 dead. 200,000 evacuated. More than 1,900 homes washed away in Tamil Nadu. Large parts of Chennai (Madras) city under water - 50,000 evacuated from the city. Karnataka - 26 dead. Rainfall breaks 50 year old record for October in Bangalore. Large parts Bangalore city under water. Andhra Pradesh - 21 dead. 5,000 evacuated in Prakasham and Ongole MODIS observations of flooding along coast of Andhra Pradesh north of Madras on October 29, 30, November 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15. All observations with lots of clouds around. Good view of receding Andhra Pradesh coast floods on November 16, 18. |
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| 152 | Vietnam | Central Vietnam provinces: Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai, Quang Tri. | Ba river | 20-Oct-05 | 28-Oct-05 | 9 | 67 | 1,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 15,000 | 28,850 | 3.7 | Heavy rains cause flash floods. 15,000 hectares crops
submerged. Binh Dinh - 12 dead. 3,200 houses damaged. $5 million in damages. More than 3,700 hectares rice damaged. 250 houses submerged. Quang Ngai - 5 dead. 412 houses submerged. 1,511 hectares agriculture submerged. Damages $160,000 USD |
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| 151 | Haiti and Dominican Republic - Tropical Storm Alpha | Haiti - Anse Rouge, Hinche, Grande Anse, Jacmel, Leogane,
Guaricanos, Carrefour, Port-au-Prince, Gressier, Anse a Pitre, Dame Marie,
Irois Dominican Republic - Puerto Plata |
Haiti - Riviere Froide | 23-Oct-05 | 26-Oct-05 | 4 | 26 | 1,500 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 12,260 | 1.5 | Tropical Storm Alpha dumps up to 38 cm rain on parts of
Hispaniola. Rivers already high and soils saturated due to Hurricane
Wilma. Haiti - 17 dead. Floods and mudslides destroyed at least 400 homes. Dominican Republic - 9 dead. 1,000 in shelters. 6 dead in Puerto Plata. |
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| 150 | Italy | Puglia (Apulia) - Bari and Taranto area | 23-Oct-05 | 24-Oct-05 | 2 | 6 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,200 | 0.2 | Torrential rains cause flash floods and landslides. 161 mm rain
in 3 hours - more rain than the Apulia region gets in one year. Damage to
railways, roads and bridges. "exceptional climatic event which can only happen once in a hundred years." |
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| 149 | India | West Bengal State - East Midnapore, South 24 Parganas, Burdwan and
Nadia. Howrah. Sunderbans, Kolkata
city Orissa State - Balasore district: Bhograi, Jaleswar, Basta and Balipat. |
West Bengal - Ichachamati
and tributaries. Orissa - Budhabalanga, Jalaka |
21-Oct-05 | 28-Oct-05 | 8 | 13 | 3,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 29,110 | 3.5 | Unseasonal heavy rains - 180mm in 24 hours in Kolkata city.
Millions of people stranded in villages cut off by floods. 3,000 coastal
villages inundated. 60,000 huts washed away. Many roads washed away. MODIS observation of flooding in Orissa and West Bengal on October 25 |
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| 148 | Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Mexico and USA - Hurricane Wilma | Florida - Florida Keys, Naples. Collier County. Marco Island.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Mexico - Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel Island, Isla Mujeres Western Cuba - Provinces: Pinar del Rio, La Habana and Ciudad Habana. Isle of Youth. Guanahacabibes: Cabo de San Antonio. Guanimar, Baracoa, Havana area. Jamaica - parishs: St. Thomas, St. Catherine, Trelawny, Kingston, St. Andrew Haiti - Departments: South, South East and Grande Anse. Tiburon |
19-Oct-05 | 25-Oct-05 | 7 | 24 | 100,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | |||||||||||
