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Death count Event Location Year 930,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River flood: China: 1887 8,967,000–4,000,000 1931 China floods: China: 1931 400,000–893,303
1919 Kelud mudflow: Indonesia Volcanic eruption May 19 1920 258,707–273,407 1920 Haiyuan earthquake: China, Mongolia Earthquake December 16 1921 215 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
A lahar travels down a river valley in Guatemala near the Santa Maria volcano, 1989. A lahar (/ ˈ l ɑː h ɑːr /, from Javanese: ꦮ꧀ꦭꦲꦂ) is a violent type of mudflow or debris flow composed of a slurry of pyroclastic material, rocky debris and water.
With area soils saturated near the end of the rainy season, [18] and the large amount of snow and ice scraped off the glacier surface, [5] the avalanche quickly liquefied into a fluid, fast-moving mudflow. [1] The maximum volume of mudflow was as much as 50-100 million m 3 (130 million yd 3), [19] and it reached speeds of up to 435 km/h (270 ...
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.
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Theseed of the disastrous mudslide — which overwhelmed a county-run flood channel and buried some areas in 12 feet of mud —was planted two years ago when the El Dorado fire scorched 22,680 ...
Up to ten smaller landslides had occurred within the previous week in the vicinity of St. Bernard, but Guinsaugon was the worst-hit community. [ citation needed ] Among the worst of the tragedies was the burial of the local elementary school , located nearest to the mountain ridge , as the landslide occurred when school was in session and full ...