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The official death toll was 495 deaths. Unofficial estimates are of at least 700 deaths. heavy rains 1968: Great Flood of 1968: United Kingdom, France: 0: heavy rains and thunderstorms 1970: 1970 floods in Romania: Romania: 209: heavy rains and snowmelting 1976: Gale of January 1976: Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway ...
Famine and typhoid fever in Ireland [16] and food riots in England and France, caused by the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora affecting the weather. 60,000 [17] 1847–48 influenza pandemic: 1847–1848: Worldwide influenza outbreak. 52,627 [18] [b] 1870–1875 Europe smallpox epidemic: 1870–1875: Mortality figure for England and Scotland only.
The 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods were a weather event that affected parts of Great Britain and Ireland throughout November and into December 2009. November was the wettest month across the United Kingdom since records began in 1914 and had well above average temperatures. [ 1 ]
Disastrous floods have been reported throughout the history of Valencia, from the 14th century up to the contemporary period. [5] The 1957 Valencia flood was caused by a three-day cold drop (Spanish: gota fría) (which usually leads to heavy autumn rains in Spain and France); it overflowed the banks of the Túria river and devastated the city of Valencia.
July 7 – Spain – A bus collided head-on with a truck near Soria, killing 27 and injuring 13. [2] August 28 – Nigeria – Abuja bus crash. A lorry crushed three buses after its brakes failed, rolling backwards into a crowded bus station and killing over 70. Related riots the next day killed four more people. [3]
A further six people were killed in Germany, three in Spain, one in Portugal, one in Belgium and another one in England. [2] Most of the deaths in France occurred when a powerful storm surge topped by battering waves up to 7.5 m (25 ft) high, hitting at high tide, smashed through the sea wall off the coastal town of L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer . [ 6 ]
Deaths in England (15 C, 1 P) Deaths in Northern Ireland (12 C) Deaths in Scotland (12 C) ... Accidental deaths in the United Kingdom (13 C, 5 P) D.
The great majority of named falls in England are situated in the Lake District and Pennines. In these regions the terms ‘foss’ and ‘force’ are much the most common ones used for a waterfall though linn is also encountered towards the Scottish border. The term ‘spout’ is another frequently found alternative.