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Note: Some of these floods and landslides may be partially caused by humans – for example, by failure of dams, levees, seawalls or retaining walls. This list does not include the man-made 1938 Yellow River flood caused entirely by a deliberate man-made act (an act of war, destroying dikes).
This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide, with a minimum of 60 deaths. ... Floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi ... 2010–2011 Southern Africa ...
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]
Derna is prone to flooding, and its dam reservoirs have caused at least five deadly floods since 1942, the latest of which was in 2011, according to a research paper published by Libya’s Sebha ...
Aug. 27-28, 2011: Tropical Storm Irene Floods North Jersey Tropical Storm Irene made landfall in New Jersey on Aug. 28, 2011, but it was the rain, not the winds, that caused the most destruction.
Apr. 11—PLATTSBURGH — A decade ago this spring, some of the area's worst flooding caused damage up and down the shores of Lake Champlain. "Ten years ago the water was extremely high," Clinton ...
The Gulf floods caused by Cyclone Charlotte isolated Karumba and Normanton with flood waters in January 2009. Flooding in Queensland in 2010 and 2011 was one of the worst flood events in Australia's history, 38 people were killed and entire towns, such as Grantham were severely damaged.
The following is a list of weather events that occurred in 2011. The year began with La Niña conditions. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards, cold waves, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones.