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  2. List of deadliest floods - Wikipedia

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    1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows China: 1996 2,566 1953 Japan flood (1953 Northern Kyushu flood and 1953 Wakayama flood), mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide Japan: 1953 2,400 [citation needed] North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 838 2,379 [citation needed] 1988 Bangladesh ...

  3. Lists of floods in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lists of floods in the United States provide overviews of major floods in the United States. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present.

  4. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...

  5. The 10 Costliest Floods in American History - AOL

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    Flooding one city to save another was an awful choice The waters crested May 19 in the old Southern city at 57.1 feet, surpassing a record set 84 years ago. The 10 Costliest Floods in American History

  6. List of natural disasters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Most casualties caused by catastrophic inland flooding in Western North Carolina and surrounding areas. 2024 Hurricane: 70 (45 in the US) >$6.86 billion Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean, Venezuela, Yucatán Peninsula, United States Beryl is the earliest category 4 and 5 hurricane in history. 2023 Hurricane: 7 (+3 indirect) $2.2-5 billion Hurricane ...

  7. List of floods - Wikipedia

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    At the time, it was the worst flood in Cumbrian history, but has since been overtaken by the Cumbria flooding of November 2009. [17] One of Canada's most devastating floods occurred in southern Alberta in June 2005. The flooding affected many major metropolitan areas including Calgary. 4 deaths resulted from the three-week flood.

  8. Worst floods in history 'were unleashed when Earth's crust ...

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    The Missoula megafloods carved deep channels and towering cliffs across the landscape, and are among the largest known floods in Earth’s history. Largest floods in Earth’s history ‘were ...

  9. List of disasters in the United States by death toll - Wikipedia

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    The flood occurred when an extraordinary amount of rain came down in the Conemaugh Valley in a short period of time. Nearly 12 inches were measured in 10 hours. The National Weather Service later estimated that this amount of rain in that location should happen less than once every 1,000 years.