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| DFO # | Glide # | Country | Other | Nations | Affected | Locations | Rivers | Began | Ended | Days | Dead | Displaced | Damage (USD) | Main cause | Severity * | Affected sq km | Magnitude (M)** | Notes and Comments | Centroid X | Centroid Y |
| 1 | Indonesia | Java - East and south Jakarta area (Cawang, Cililitan, Kampung Melayu, Bukit Duri, Pejaten Timur, Petamburan). Tangerang. | Ciliwung, Cisadane, Sabi | 2-Jan-08 | 6-Jan-08 | 5 | 1,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,180 | 4.0 | Heavy rains in Bogor, Depok and Jakarta areas over the last two days cause Ciliwung river to overflow. Thousands of houses in 11 districts of Jakarta city flooded. Floods completely receded and displaced people returned home by January 9. No deaths reported. | 106.83 | -6.23 | ||||||
| 2 | Australia | Gold Coast area Southeast Queensland - Brisbane, Yarrahappini, Warwick, Killarney, Beaudesert, Goonda, Canungra. --Northeast New South Wales - Lismore, Casino, Kyogle, South Murwillumbah, Condong, Tumbulgum, Chinderah, Rathdowney, Thora, Coraki, Woodburn, Tenterfield, Killarney, Bungawalbin, Cabbage Tree Island. Mullumbimby. Byron and Ballina. |
Queensland
- Logan, Albert, Condamine, Macintyre. --New South Wales - Tweed, Richmond, Coomera, Wilson, Bellinger, Boonoo Boonoo, Clarence. |
3-Jan-08 | 9-Jan-08 | 7 | 1 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1.5 | 41,560 | 5.6 | More than
350mm of rain has fallen in some areas on the Gold Coast hinterland.
Thousands evacuated. Thousands isolated by floods, situation expected to last
for up to 1 week. Hinze Dam overflowing. Damages over $100 million. Worst floods in 20 years in some areas of southeast Queensland. Logan river reaches 12 year high near Beaudesert. Worst floods in 50 years in Tweed Coast and Kyogle, New South Wales. Worst floods since 1954 on Richmond river. Richmond river at second-highest flood peak at Kyogle. $100 million in infrastructure and agriculture damges in Tweed Heads, Kyogle, Richmond Valley and Lismore. |
152.87 | -28.44 | |||||
| 3 | USA | Nevada - Fernley | Irrigation canal from Truckee River | 5-Jan-08 | 9-Jan-08 | 5 | 1,500 | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 550 | 3.4 | A day of
unusally heavy rainfall in a high desert town that averages only 5 inches
precipitation annually. Irrigation canal bringing water from Truckee river
fails, town of Fernly inundated. Floodwaters spread over 1 square mile and
over 8 feet deep. 290 homes damaged. 3,500 trapped in flooded homes. No
deaths reported. The same canal last ruptured in 1996 and flooded 60 homes in Fernley |
-119.20 | 39.63 | ||||||
| 4 | Sri Lanka | Ampara district (Ampaa'rai) - Alayadiwembu, Pottuvil, Karaithivu, Akkaraipattu, Samanthurai, Sainthamaruthu, Ninthavur, Addalachenai and Thirukovil areas | 7-Jan-08 | 16-Jan-08 | 10 | 240,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,920 | 4.3 | Heavy rain
since January 5. 63,000 families displaced. 40,000 acres crops inundated. No
deaths reported. January 14 - water receding. |
81.76 | 6.91 | |||||||
| 5 | USA | Midwest --Indiana - counties: White, Carroll, Jasper, Fulton, Randolph, Benton, Delaware, LaPorte. towns: Monticello, Rochester, Remington, Winchester, Blue Water Beach, Diamond Point, Brookston, Plymouth. --Illinois - counties: Iroquois, Livingston, Champaign, towns: Pontiac, Watseka, Mahomet, Streator. --Michigan - southwestern areas. --Ohio - northwestern areas. |
Tippecanoe, Sangamon, Wabash, Kankakee, Vermilion, Mississinewa, Iroquois, St Joseph, Ford, Yellow. creeks: Carpenter, Sugar. | 8-Jan-08 | 15-Jan-08 | 8 | 5 | 500 | Rain and snowmelt | 1.5 | 102,200 | 6.1 | Thunderstorms
bring 7 inches of rain accompanied by record warmth. Record levels along a 20 mile stretch of Tippecanoe river. Near-record flooding at the Norway and Oakdale dams. Hundreds homes damaged. Indiana - 3 dead. 900 homes damaged. Illinois - 2 dead. Worst floods in 30 or 40 years. Record levels on Vermilion river at Pontiac. |
-86.70 | 40.78 | |||||
| 6 | FL-2008-000010-BRA | Brazil | Sao Paulo state - Peruibe, Jacupiranga, Sao Jose dos Campos. Ribeira River valley | Ribeira River | 12-Jan-08 | 26-Jan-08 | 15 | 4 | 15,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 23,020 | 5.5 | Heavy rains
since January 12 cause severe floods and landslides. 15,000 displaced in
Ribeira River valley. 49,506 affected. Worst storm in Peruibe in 47
years. MODIS observation of flooding on Ribeira River on January 16. |
-47.88 | -24.50 | ||||
| 7 | FL-2008-000014-AUS GoogleEarth Kmz |
Australia | North Queensland - Proserpine, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Giru,
Charters Towers, Bowen, Georgetown. Richmond. Whitsundays area.
Normanton. --Central and Western Queensland (Channel Country) - Longreach, Winton, Charleville, Muttaburra, Willow, Belyando, Barcoo Shire, Emerald, Sapphire, Mackay, Quilpie, Thargomindah, Clermont, Blackall, Finch Hatton, Cunnamulla, Yaamba, Burdekin. |
Flinders, Don, Proserpine, Burdekin, Haughton. Dawson, Diamantina, Thomson, Lower Flinders, Norman, Einasleigh, Einsleigh, Warrego, Landsborough and Barcoo Rivers and Cooper's Creek. Nogoa, Fitzroy, Bulloo, Belyando, Comet, Mackenzie. | 14-Jan-08 | 1-Feb-08 | 19 | 0 | 3,200 | see notes | Heavy rain | 2 | 649,500 | 7.4 | More than
350mm rain in Proserpine area from a monsoonal low pressure system. Towns of
Proserpine and Airlie Beach isolated by floods. Widespread flooding in
Townsville and Giru. Homes and businesses flooded in Charters Towers, $2
million damages. Bruce and Flinders highways cut by floods. Normanton
isolated by floods on Flinders and Norman rivers. Damage estimates at $150
million. No deaths reported. "about two-thirds of the state has been affected by floods" "Creeks and bridges that have never been flooded before were flooded" Worst flooding in 17 years in Groper Creek Caravan Park in the Burdekin. January 16 - as floods recede in north Qld, flooding reaches the Channel Country. January 21 - town of Emerald flooded by Nogoa river, more than 2,000 evacuated. Fairbairn Dam reached capacity and overflowed for first time in 17 years. "This flood is the highest ever recorded in this district, people here wouldn't have seen any water like this since the great 1950 flood and this one obviously exceeds it on the heights," "worst in the state's history" MODIS observations of major flooding on lower Flinders and Norman rivers January 14, 15, 16, 18. Qld Channel country January 20, 21 |
144.56 | -20.40 | |||
| 8 | Afghanistan | Helmand province - Nawa, Garmser, Washer, Marja, Nad Ali and Lashkargah districts | 13-Jan-08 | 20-Jan-08 | 8 | 5 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | 18,280 | 5.2 | 5 dead. 70 houses destroyed. 'vast areas' of crops destroyed. Over 5,000 livestock washed away. | 64.28 | 31.34 | ||||||
| 9 | UK | England
- Midlands and North England - counties: West Yorkshire, Lancashire,
Shropshire, Merseyside, Lincolnshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire,
Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent. towns: Huddersfield, Leeds,
Darton, Salford, Keighley, Elland, Silsden, Armitage Bridge, Manchester,
Barnsley. Tewkesbury, Tet-bury, Chalford, Stonehouse, Glos, Twyning,
Bradford-on-Avon, Tonbridge, Huntingdon, Arundel, Toll Bar, York, Morecambe,
Slyne, Greater Manchester, Dunmow.
--Wales - Abergavenny, Bangor on Dee, Llanbadarn Fawr. |
Severn, Avon, Leam, Frome, Stour, Ray, Aire, Dearne, Irwell, Rheidol, Calder, Alt, Dove, Ancholme, Ouse, Roch, Mersey. Thames and Severn canal | 15-Jan-08 | 26-Jan-08 | 12 | 0 | 300 | Heavy rain | 2 | 55,860 | 6.1 | More than a
months worth of rain in 24 hours, followed by days of heavy rain. 500 houses
flooded. No deaths reported. A dry river in Tet-bury, Gloucestershire flows for the "first time in living memory". "for the sixth year running flood water had reached a level that the Environment Agency predicted would be reached once every 100 years." Evacuations in Armitage Bridge, Silsden, Huddersfied, Elland. Worst floods in Merseyside for 30 years. Worst floods in Morecambe and Slyne for 20 years. Worst floods in Greater Manchester in 30 years. |
-1.65 | 52.92 | |||||
| 10 | South Africa | Limpopo
- Lephalale, Motsane, Mafefe, Penge.
Mpumalanga - Moroka. |
Olifants, Steelpoort, Crocodile | 24-Jan-08 | 1-Feb-08 | 9 | 1 | 1,200 | Heavy rain | 1 | 72,010 | 5.8 | Lephalale -
300 families homeless. Motsane - residents of several villages trapped by flooding on Olifants river. Mpumalanga - Five villages in Moroka cut off from flooding of Steelpoort river. |
30.68 | -24.13 | |||||
| 11 | FL-2008-000038-ARG | Argentina | Salta - Rivadavia, Banda Norte, Sur and Santa Victoria Este. San Martin and Oran. Salta city. Apolinario Saravia, Embarcación. | Bermejo, Pilcomayo and Carapari | 28-Jan-08 | 11-Apr-08 | 75 | 0 | 15,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 88,120 | 6.8 | Heavy
rain and flooding in Bolivia cause floods on Pilcomayo and other rivers. (see
DFO 2007-239) 15,000 evacuated. 17,000 families affected. Towns and villages isolated in northeastern Salta by floods on Pilcomayo. No deaths reported. Damage to roads and bridges. March 12 - 11,000 still stranded in Salta. 900 evacuated. |
-61.66 | -22.92 | ||||
| 12 | Indonesia | East Java - Pasuruan district. | 30-Jan-08 | 3-Feb-08 | 5 | 3 | 40,000 | see notes | Heavy rain | 1 | 810 | 3.6 | More than 10,000 houses in 30 villages in Pasuruan district flooded. 3 dead. Worst flooding in 15 years. Highways and bridges destroyed. Rp 6 billion damages. | 112.91 | -7.71 | |||||
| 13 | FL-2008-000018-ECU | Ecuador | El Oro, Guayas, Los Rios and Manabi. Esmeraldas, Canar, Santa Elena. Costa and Sierra. Babahoyo. Chimborazo, Azuay and the Loja. | Bulubulu and Chimbo. Moraspungo, Santa Rosa, and Japara. Cotopaxi. | 30-Jan-08 | 1-May-08 | 93 | 51 | 265,000 | 1,000,000,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 75,830 | 7.1 | La Nina
rains since January, rains and floods expected to continue until May.
Heaviest rains in 25 years cause floods and mudslides. 21,500 in shelters.
315,000 affected. 271,000 hectares crops destroyed. 30% of crops damaged.
Five coastal provinces have flooded. Rains expected to last until late March.
Infrastructure, housing, agriculture and health, electrical, and
communication systems have been severely damaged. Recovery expected to cost
more than $1US billion. Extensive damage to banana crops. $161 million crop damage. "some of the worst floods in country's history" "rainiest winter in Ecuador in at least 20 years" "Historically, this is the worst flooding some areas have ever had" March 10 - heaviest storm in a decade hits west coast, 28 dead, 20 missing, 10,000 families evacuated, 300,000 affected. |
-79.66 | -1.25 | |||
| 14 | FL-2008-000004-NAM | Namibia | Angol | Namibia - Cuvelai Oshanas
- Owambo region - Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto and Ohangwena regions. Okatana,
Oshakati West, Uuvudhiya, Oshakati East, Ongwediva and Ompundja. Ombalantu.
Outapi. Kunene. Xangongo, Onghumbi, Uukwangali, Evale, Cuvelai, Cahama and
Kapuluvale. Oshikango, Ogongo, Onesi, Okalongo, Tsandi, Etayi. Endola,
Ongenga, Omungwelume, Edundja and Odibo. Oneshila. Uuvudhiya. Kavango area - Rundu,
Nkurenkuru, Mpungu, Katwiti and Divundu. Engela. --Angola - Cunene, Namibe Huila and Cuando Cubando provinces. Ondjiva town. Kwanhama, Namacunde, Cuvelai, Ombandja, Kahama and Curoca. |
Cuvelai, Cuenene (Kunene) | 31-Jan-08 | 23-Apr-08 | 84 | 42 | 40,000 | see notes | Heavy rain | 1.5 | 164,200 | 7.3 | Heavy rain
after a lengthly drought. Floods may have been exacerabated by diversion of
Cunene river for bridge construction in Xangongo, Angola. --Namibia - 42 dead. 30,000 displaced. 4,000 livestock dead. Damage to roads, bridges, other infrastructure. 450 square kilometers flooded. 20,000 affected in Oshakati area. Second wave of floods hits Oshakati on February 16. Highest levels in Cuvelai area in 35 years. $50N million damages to roads and bridges in Oshana, Ohangwena and Omusati. "some northern parts of Namibia have been hit with the worst flooding in 50 years" --Angola - 1 dead. More than 10,000 homeless. Over 9,000 displaced from Ondjiva town. Floodwaters filling normally dry Etosha Pan. Cunene province - 9,000 displaced. 2,200 houses destroyed and 400,000 people affected. 100,000 cattle killed. 70,000 hectares arable land destroyed. March 5 - flooding in Kunene, Angola renewed. 30,000 displaced. 72,000 hectares flooded. March 26 - 65,000 people affected by floods in northern Namibia. Water shows little signs of receding in Oshakati and Ongwediva areas. April 23 - Etosha Salt pan is filled with water for first time in a decade. |
17.26 | -17.05 | ||
| 15 | Indonesia | Jakarta city - West, East and Central Jakarta | 1-Feb-08 | 6-Feb-08 | 6 | 3 | 88,261 | Heavy rain | 1 | 380 | 3.4 | Hours of heavy rain cause floods in West, East and Central Jakarta. 3 dead. 88,261 evacuated. 1,500 homeless. Floods up to 1.5 meters deep. | 106.85 | -6.19 | ||||||
| 16 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro State - Itaipava, Madame Machado | 2-Feb-08 | 7-Feb-08 | 6 | 9 | 12,858 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | 290 | 3.2 | More than 135mm rain in Itaipava in less than an hour causing mudslides and flooding. Three weeks of rain in a few hours. | -43.13 | -22.37 | ||||||
| 17 | FL-2008-000031-PER | Peru | Ucayali area - Padre Abad province Puno - Pampa Grande. Sandia - Alto Inambari Lima - Ñaña, Carabayllo, San Martín de Porres and parts of Lurín Junin - Tarma, Aguaytia other provinces: Madre de Dios, San Martin, Tumbes, Piura, Lambayeque, Huanuco. Pisco. |
Ucayali, Tarma. Huayabamba, Saposoa, Mayo and Paranapura.
Aguaytia and Yurac. Tarma. Rímac, Chillón and Lurín. |
4-Feb-08 | 7-May-08 | 94 | 26 | 45,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 709,100 | 7.8 | La Nina
rains cause floods and mudslides. 45,000 homeless across 10 Peruvian states.
Thousands of homes and roads damaged, farmland damaged. 500,000 affected by
floods and mudslides across the country. Ucayali region - 75,000 affected by flooding. Aguaytia and Yurac rivers burst banks ad destroy 2,040 houses in Padre Abad. April 1- May 7 - MODIS observations of continuing flooding in Piura area. |
-73.01 | -10.11 | ||||
| 18 | USA | Illinois
- east central areas. St Joseph, Iroquois, Danville, Pontiac Indiana - northern areas. Fort Wayne, Monticello, Wapakoneta, Lafayette, Elkart.. Ohio - Findlay, Ottawa, Grand Rapids, Tiffin, Defiance. Putnam County. |
Illinois
- Salt Fork, Iroquois, Vermilion, Kankakee and Sangamon. Kankakee. Indiana - Sandusky, Tippecanoe, Wabash, St. Marys, St. Joseph. Ohio - Blanchard, Maumee, Auglaize and Tiffin. |
6-Feb-08 | 12-Feb-08 | 7 | 0 | 150 | Rain and snowmelt | 1.5 | 119,000 | 6.1 | Illinois -
20 year floods on Iroquois, Vermilion, Kankakee and Sangamon rivers. Salt
Fork River near St. Joseph highest levels in 36 years. Indiana - 300 homes flooded in Findlay. 320 homes flooded in Ottawa. Ice jam on Lake Shafer in Monticello, Indiana causes flooding. No deaths reported. |
-86.84 | 40.85 | |||||
| 19 | Indonesia | East Java - Situbondo city and district. Pauwan, Panarukan | Sampeyan, Pelelangan | 8-Feb-08 | 12-Feb-08 | 5 | 14 | 7,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 400 | 3.3 | Flash flooding. 1,700 houses destroyed. 1,400 houses damaged. Floods up to 1 meter deep. Damage to bridges. 4,664 houses in 19 villages in six subdistricts inundated. | 114.00 | -7.74 | |||||
| 20 | Australia | Queensland - Mackay, Gooseponds, Hospital Bridge, Glenella and the CBD. Gladstone, Calliope, Miriam Vale, Agnes Water and The Town of 1770. Gogango, Rockhampton, Bundaberg. Burdekin, Giru. Thuringowa. Atherton, Tolga and Edmonton. Atherton Tableland, Edmonton. Rockhampton. | Poineer, Burdekin, Fitzroy | 13-Feb-08 | 26-Feb-08 | 14 | 2 | 1,000 | see notes | Heavy rain | 2 | 44,350 | 6.1 | Torrential
rains from monsoonal trough. Record rainfall 624mm in 10 hours in Mackay,
downpours of 100mm per hour - worst monsoonal downpour in Mackay in 90 years.
1000 houses inudated. $163 million damages in Mackay. "flooding could be classified as a one in 200 year event." February 24 - flooding on lower Fitzroy reaches Rockhampton, second flooding in a month. |
149.54 | -22.46 | ||||
| 21 | Indonesia | West Java - Karawang district - Batujaya, Rengasdengklok.
Bekasi. Bogor (Katukampa). Bandung (Baleendah, Rancaekek). Jakarta area - Jatinegara, East Jakarta |
Ciliwung, Citarum | 14-Feb-08 | 14-Mar-08 | 30 | 0 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 10,430 | 5.5 | Heavy rains
cause floods that inundate thousands of houses in tens of villages. No deaths
reported. Floods up to 1 meter deep. Batujaya - 2,528 houses flooded. Rengasdengklok - 2,000 houses inundated. March 7 - Over 8000 hectares of land are still flooded in Bekasi and Karawang. 11,000 people receiveing aid packages. March 10 - 2,000 houses in Baleendah in Bandung flooded by Citarum river, crops submerged in Rancaekek. March 13 - Ciliwung river floods parts of East Jakarta |
107.29 | -6.26 | |||||
| 22 | FL-2008-000004-NAM | Zambia | Nami | Angola | Zambia - Western and North-Western provinces. Mongu area.
Chavuma, Zambezi, Mufumbwe, Kabompo. Nguvu, Nyathanda, Kambuya, Lukolwe,
Lingundu, Lipinda. Monze. --Namibia - Caprivi area - Chichimane, Kapani, Batubaja, Malengalenga, Sangwali, Mayuni, Muzii, Nakabolelwa, Mbalasinte, Nakuntwe, Schuckmansberg. Ikaba, Itomba. Muyako. Kongola. Namiyundu, Mpukano. Kabbe Constituency. Singalamwe, Sikaunga, Sisheke, Choi and Ngonga. Muyako - Lyambezi. Malengalenga, Linyanti, Kapani, Mbilajwe. --Angola - upper Zambezi tributaries in Moxico |
Upper Zambezi and tributaries - Mufumbwe, Kabompo, Cuando. Chobe and Linyanti. Okavango. Chobe. | 9-Feb-08 | 1-May-08 | 83 | 4 | 15,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 425,700 | 7.5 | Zambia -
west bank of Zambezi flooded in Zambezi and Chavuma areas, many towns cut
off. March 11 - 10 dead and 34,000 displaced in Zambia (includes event 2007-243) Namibia - extensive crop damage in Caprivi region. Highest levels at Kongola since 1981. March 27 - 20,000 afffected by flooding in Caprivi region MODIS observations of flooding in Caprivi region through April 28. |
23.79 | 23.79 | ||
| 23 | FL-2008-000024-PHL | Philippines | Eastern Visayas Region
--Eastern Samar - Dolores, General MacArthur, Jipapad, Maslog and Borongan City. Balangkayan. Llorente. Giporlos, Oras, Llorente. Malinao. --Northern Samar - Silvino Lubos. Mondragon, San Roque, Pambujan and Catubig. --Western Samar - Catbalogan City, Pinabacdao, Gandara. --Leyte - Carigara. Tacloban City. Palo, Tanauan, Tolosa, Alangalang and Dagami. --Capiz - Sigma, Mambusao, Panitan, Panay, and Pontevedra. Jamindan and Tapaz. --Bicol Region - Albay. Mayon volcano area. Libon, Polangui, Malilipot, Tiwi, Legazpi City. Sto. Domingo, Camalig and Guinobatan. Buhi in Camarines Sur. Vinzons in Camarines Norte. Sorsogon, Compostela Valley. Tabaco City, Tiwi. --Catanduanes - Virac --Mindanao - Sulop in southern Davao del Sur. Compostela Valley. Surigao city. Caraga Region. Agusan del Norte (Las Nieves, Jabonga), Agusan Sur (San Miguel). Surigao del Norte (San Francisco, Placer), Surigao del Sur (San Miguel). South Cotabato - Polomolok, T'boli and Sto. |
Samar - Loom,Can-obing, Camada and Surok. Bicol River |
12-Feb-08 | 12-Mar-08 | 30 | 54 | 873,000 | 54,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 41,370 | 6.1 | Nine
days incessant rain cause floods and landslides. Most of Eastern Samar
isloated. Rain caused by caused by a low pressure area in Northern Mindanao
and a cold front. Farmland flooded. Thousands moved to higher ground. Roads and bridges washed out. 873,000
displaced. 140,000 displaced in Samar. $54-million dollars damage in all
areas. $24US.4 million infrastructure and agricultural damage in Leyte and
Samar islands. P131.25 million damages in Eastern Visayas. Eastern Samar - 14 dead. 106,254 affected. 90% crops damaged. Estimated agricultural damages P300 million. 20,000 hectares flooded in Balangkayan. 3,000 houses damaged. Bridges destroyed. Northern Samar - 186,870 affected. Leyte - 2 dead. 65,974 displaced. P23.46 Million million agriculture damage. P101 Million infrastructure damage. Bicol region - 19 dead. 95,000 evacuated. P313 million agricultrue damage. P240 million infrastructure damage. Mindanao - Surigao City partly flooded. 16,346 affected by floods in Caraga Region. P52-M damages. |
125.22 | 11.64 | |||
| 24 | TC-2008-000023-MDG | Madagascar | Northern areas - Fenenerive East, Sainte Marie, Toamasina, Ampasimbe. Soanierana Ivago, Fioulpointe, Nosy Varika, Andilamena, Mahajanga and Moramanga. Ambatondrazaka region. Anosimahavelona. Antananarivo, Ankadimbahoaka, Anosizato and Andohatapena. Alaotra mangoro, Analamanga, Atsimo Atsinanana, Boeny, Sofia, Atsimo Andrefana. Atsinanana, Ménabé. Marovoay, Lalangina, Midongy South, Betsiboka. | Ipoka, Sisaony and Mamba | 17-Feb-08 | 5-Mar-08 | 18 | 93 | 191,000 | Tropical cyclone | 1 | 361,600 | 6.8 | Heavy
rain from Cyclone Ivan causes flooding. Cyclone Ivan lands on northeastern
coast. 191,000 homeless. 300,000 affected. 45,000 acres crops damaged. Damage
to roads, houses, infrastructure, agriculture "every area hit by the cyclone had experienced flooding" Sainte Marie island - 80% of infrastructure destroyed. Fenerive Este - 80,000 homeless. 70% of buildings destroyed. Alaotra Mangoro - 18,000 hectares crops flooded. Antanarivo - 8,000 homeless. |
46.90 | -18.69 | ||||
| 25 | China | Xinjiang - Ili valley, Kazakh Prefecture | Ili | 1-Feb-08 | 25-Feb-08 | 25 | 0 | 8,000 | 1,900,000 | Ice jam/break-up | 1 | 17,160 | 5.6 | Worst Ice flows on the Ili river since 2000. Ice jams along China-Kazakhstan border along 35 kilometers of the Ili river. 8,000 people and 32,000 cattle resettled. 315 homes flooded. No deaths reported. | 81.88 | 43.77 | ||||
| 26 | FL-2008-000030-IDN | Indonesia | Central Java - Kudus, Pati
East Nusa Tenggara - North Timor Tengah, Sikka, Kupang, Nagekeo and Beluhave. West Sumba. Belu District, West Malaka. Flores Island - Ende |
Rembang | 11-Feb-08 | 1-Mar-08 | 20 | 11 | 3,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,020 | 4.6 | Heavy rains
since February 7. Central Java - Floods and landslides. 3,500 displaced. Some cities inundated with 2 meters water for nearly 2 weeks. Flooding persists in Kudos and Pati area and is included in event 2008-030. Kudus - 5 dead in landslide. Pati - 68 villages inundated. East Nusa Tenggara - 4 dead. 500 displaced. 1,000 hectares crops flooded. Flores Island - hundreds homes flooded in Ende. |
111.06 | -6.80 | ||||