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The flooding was the worst in Rhode Island history, as the Pawtuxet River crested over 69 feet—12 feet above flood stage, shattering the previous record by several feet. The rainstorm, which occurred during the cool, dry season, added 8.79" to an already rainy March. At 16.34" of rain, it was the wettest month on record for Rhode Island. [11]
North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 1703 2,000–10,000 Great Iran Flood: Iran: 1954 2,000–5,000 1: Morvi dam burst: India (Morvi, Gujarat) 1979 2,000–3,000 [citation needed] Mostaganem and Oran flood Algeria: 1927 2,000+ Bristol Channel floods: England and Wales; possible tsunami: 1607 2,000+ May 2004 Caribbean floods
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.
Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history. [42] [43] [44] 2017 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
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.
Rain began falling on a Friday afternoon, the last day of February 1997, and by that Sunday local weather observer Frank Street measured 7.81 inches.
A history of flooding 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 ...
Sunday marks the 46th anniversary of the Big Thompson Canyon flood, which claimed the lives of 144 people and earned the unfortunate title of the one of the deadliest flash floods in Colorado history.