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Flood damage in the Karlin district of Prague Flooded Prague metro network in 2002 Prague received significant damage from what were deemed to be the worst floods ever to hit the capital. The flow of Vltava culminated at 5300 m³/s, 20% more than during the flood of 1845.
The costliest event of the year was a flood in Europe in August, which killed 232 people and caused €27.7 billion (US$27.115 billion) in damage. In September, Typhoon Rusa struck South Korea, killing at least 213 people and causing at least ₩5.148 trillion (US$4.2 billion) in damage.
As much as 356 mm (14 in) of rain fell over north Kauai, forcing the closure of Kuhio Highway at the Hanalei Bridge for the second time in 24 hours. 150–255 mm (6–10 in)of rain fell upon the southeast-facing slopes of the Big Island causing numerous road closures in Hilo. North and east Kauai received 200–300 mm (8–12 in) of rain over a ...
Flood 1825: February flood of 1825: Germany, Netherlands: 800: Storm surge 1829: Muckle Spate (1829) Scotland: Heavy rain 1852: Holmfirth Floods#1852: England: 81: Heavy rain 1859: Grenoble flood 1859: France: Rain + meltwater 1864: Great Sheffield Flood: United Kingdom: 270: failure of the Dale Dike Reservoir: 1865: 1865 flooding of Bucharest ...
For example, their calculated water depth at the Pasco Basin–Wallula Gap transition zone is about 190 m, significantly less than the 280–300 m flood depth indicated by high-water marks. They concluded that a flood of ~10 6 m 3 /s could not have made the observed high-water marks.
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A following flood due to a Western Washington weather event in November of that year led to lowland flooding in the community. Led by extreme record rainfall, the Chehalis reached 71.43 feet (21.8 m). [91] [96] A smaller flood occurred in April 1991, the only flooding event ever recorded later than March in Chehalis and the surrounding area. [97]
Storm Jeanett [4] (also written as Jeanette) was a strong extratropical cyclone and European windstorm which affected much of northwest Europe on 27–28 October 2002. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rainfall, with wind speeds reaching up to 180 km/h (110 mph; 97 kn) uprooting trees, smashing cars and damaging buildings.