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The evacuations before the worst of the flooding have been cited as one of the reasons for relatively little loss of life in the capital. [17] An estimated 40,000 people were evacuated from Prague. [18] Among the animal deaths resulting from the flood was Gaston, a sea lion from the Prague Zoo who swam to Germany following the flooding of his ...
2021 Afghanistan flood, 2021 Nuristan floods: Afghanistan: 2021 110 Southern Federal District, heavy rain, landslide [17] Russia: 2002 106 1997 Central European flood: Poland, Czech Republic: 1997 104 1981 Laingsburg flood South Africa: 1981 101 2013 Argentina floods: Argentina: 2013 101 2016 Sri Lankan floods: Sri Lanka: 2016 100+ 2023 North ...
The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric river, which brought heavy rain to parts of southern British Columbia and northwestern United States.
Large areas of Montana, including Yellowstone National Park, were affected by heavy flooding in June 2022. [124] The flooding resulted in $29 million in damage, [125] and killed one person. [126] Severe snowmelt in combination with 0.8–5 inches of rain caused the Yellowstone River to reach a record height of 14.72 feet. [127]
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 ...
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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]
Residents of Sumas, Washington, were advised to shelter-in-place on Monday, November 29, as the Nooksack River spilled its banks and overflowed into parts of the city.Officials with the City of ...