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This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide, with a minimum of 60 deaths. ... 2000 Mozambique flood Mozambique: 2000 705 2006 Ethiopia flood, mainly ...
The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including floods, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster were the 2000 Mozambique Floods [1] which killed 800 people, [1] and the costliest event of the year was Typhoon Saomai, [2] which caused $6.3 billion (2000 USD) in ...
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 ...
The 2000 Mozambique flood, caused by heavy rains followed by a cyclone, covered much of the country for three weeks, killing thousands, leaving the country devastated for years afterwards. Ethiopia saw one of its worst floods in August 2006. The 2005 African floods hit over 14 countries in Africa, affecting 2.5 million people and 250 deaths.
Flood: 10 2017 Payson flash floods: Arizona: One of the deadliest floods to ever hit Gila County, Arizona: 2016 Wildfire: 14 $990 million 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires: Tennessee: Destroyed nearly 2,000 structures; burned nearly 18,000 acres. 2016 Hurricane: 49 $15.090 billion Hurricane Matthew: Florida, Georgia, The Carolinas: 2016 ...
The worst flooding Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois residents had seen in 175 years in the Ohio River Valley was triggered by record-breaking rains — 14 inches in Cincinnati, nearly 15 ...
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.