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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. Floods in the United States (1900–1999) - Wikipedia

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    The 1945 flood of the Ohio River was the second-worst in Louisville, Kentucky, history after the one in 1937 and caused the razing of the entire waterfront district of the neighborhood of Portland. Afterwards, flood walls were erected around the city to 3 feet (0.91 m) above the highest level of the '37 flood.

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

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    Worst theater fire in American history; worst single-building fire. 600 1928 St. Francis Dam: Accident – dam failure Santa Clarita, California: 581 1947 Texas City disaster: Accident – explosion Texas City, Texas: Ammonium nitrate on board ship 501+ 1896 Tornado outbreak sequence of May 1896: Tornado outbreak sequence

  5. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    September 1921 San Antonio floods: United States Flood September 7 –11 1922 50,000–100,000+ 1922 Shantou typhoon: Philippines, China Tropical cyclone July 27 –August 3 1923 105,385-142,800 1923 Great Kantō earthquake: Japan Earthquake September 1 1924 1,000 Great flood of 99: India Flood July 1925 5,000 1925 Dali earthquake: China Earthquake

  6. 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.

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

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  8. From the archives: Flood of 1957 devastated Belleville, led ...

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    Metro-east flooding killed 10 people on Saturday, June 15, 1957, and sent hundreds to stay in temporary shelters. It caused more than $3 million of damage in Belleville alone and left many ...

  9. List of floods - Wikipedia

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    The floods of January 2011 in Brazil were considered the worst in the country's history. As of 18 January, the floods had taken about 700 lives and 14,000 people were homeless mainly due to landslides. 2016 São Paulo flood and mudslide; The 2024 Rio Grande do Sul floods, considered to be the country's worst flooding in over 80 years.