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In a 24-hour period between 11 and 12 January 2011, the local weather service registered more rainfall than what is expected for the entire month. Flooding of many areas in the region followed immediately. The disaster caused widespread property damage and the supply of public utilities such as electricity, running water and phone lines was ...
The prospect of flooding led Harrisburg to evacuate 10,000 people from low-lying areas of downtown. [68] The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was evacuated due to rising floodwaters. [69] Lee caused the Susquehanna River to reach the third-worst flood stage in its history, and caused the Swatara Creek to reach its highest level ever. [70]
The Flood of 2011 set new record stages at Vicksburg and Natchez. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] The peak streamflow at Vicksburg, 2,310,000 cubic feet per second (65,000 m 3 /s), exceeded both the estimated peak streamflow of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 , 2,278,000 cu ft/s (64,500 m 3 /s), and the measured peak streamflow of the 1937 flood, 2,080,000 ...
January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides: Brazil: 2011 848 1977 Karachi flood Pakistan: 1977 844 2006 North Korean floods: North Korea: 2006 827 Algiers, Bab El Oued, devastating flood, mudslide Algeria: 2001 800 North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 1825 800 2000 Mozambique flood Mozambique: 2000 705
A series of floods in Colombia began in late April 2011, coinciding with the country's rainy season. Torrential rains triggered extensive flooding and landslides that killed at least 187 people and affected 1.2 million. [5] It destroyed and damaged 1,450 and 149,270 houses respectively, [5] and left more than 69,000 residents homeless.
2011 floods (3 C, 8 P) L. Landslides in 2011 (3 P) T. ... Pages in category "2011 natural disasters" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Spain’s meteorological agency, said Valencia had seen ‘the most adverse cold drop of the century’ prior to the floods
Several hundred-year flooding events occurred in 2011. In North America, the following events occurred on separate rivers and tributaries: 2011 Assiniboine River flood; 2011 Lake Champlain and Richelieu River floods; 2011 Manitoba floods (disambiguation) 2011 Mississippi River floods; 2011 Missouri River flood; 2011 Musselshell River flood ...