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2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain India: 2016 1,000 [citation needed] 1961 Bihar flood India: 1961 992 1957 Isahaya flood, massive rain and mudslide Japan: 1957 941 Inuyama Iruka pond dam failure Japan: 1868 933 1938 Hanshin flood, mainly Tokyo, Kobe, massive rain and landslide Japan: 1938 915 Barcelona, flash flood: Spain: 1962 903
According to Pakistan's NMDA, there were a total of 424 deaths as a result of the pre-monsoon rains (March–May 2016) and monsoon season (June–September 2016). 153 of the people who died were children. By province, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was the worst affected during both disasters, with a total of 226 deaths. [29]
On August 14, 2016, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that about 70,000 people, or 15,665 families, were affected by the enhanced monsoon rains in the regions of Central Luzon (Region 3), Calabarzon (Region 4-A), Mimaropa (Region 4-B), Western Visayas (Region 6), the Negros Island Region, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and the National Capital ...
As the year began, a tropical low was over Australia, [4] and Cyclone Ula was moving toward Tonga. [5] Ula was followed by another 16 tropical cyclones, [6] [7] including Cyclone Winston, which was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, with 10 minute sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph), and a minimum pressure of 884 mbar (26.1 inHg).
The 2011 Sindh floods began during the monsoon season in mid-August 2011, resulting from heavy monsoon rains in Sindh, eastern Balochistan, and southern Punjab. [76] These floods have caused considerable damage: an estimated 270 civilians were killed, and 5.3 million people – as well as 1.2 million homes – were affected. [77]
This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1
Authorities said at least 254 people have died and 65 missing in landslides, floods and lightning strikes since mid-June when the annual monsoon rains started. (Reporting by Gopal Sharma; Editing ...
The 2016 Assam floods were caused by large rains over the Northeastern Indian state of Assam in July 2016. The flooding had affected 18 lakh people, and flooded the Kaziranga National Park . [ 17 ] As of 1 August 2016 [update] , 28 people had been killed as a result of the flooding starting 17 July, according to a report by the State Disaster ...