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1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows China: 1996 2,566 1953 Japan flood (1953 Northern Kyushu flood and 1953 Wakayama flood), mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide Japan: 1953 2,400 [citation needed] North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 838 2,379 [citation needed] 1988 Bangladesh ...
From February 15 to the end of March 1904 occurred the most destructive flood as far as property was concerned in the recorded history of Sacramento. The greatest known flood occurred forty-odd years before, In January, 1862 and was due to rainfall, the precipitation in December, 1861 and January, 1962 just prior to it having been 23.62 inches.
Most casualties caused by catastrophic inland flooding in Western North Carolina and surrounding areas. 2024 Hurricane: 70 (45 in the US) >$6.86 billion Hurricane Beryl: Caribbean, Venezuela, Yucatán Peninsula, United States Beryl is the earliest category 4 and 5 hurricane in history. 2023 Hurricane: 7 (+3 indirect) $2.2-5 billion Hurricane ...
In October 1903, a catastrophic flood surged through North Jersey, just 18 months after the worst flood in two decades. More than 15 inches of rain fell on Paterson, with the Passaic River at ...
Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...
More than 220 people died and nearly 80 are still missing in what is the most deadly deluge in a single European country since 1967, when floods in Portugal killed around 500.
Mountain terrain, monstrous rain: What caused North Carolina's catastrophic flooding. Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY. Updated October 1, 2024 at 11:12 AM.
The flood occurred when an extraordinary amount of rain came down in the Conemaugh Valley in a short period of time. Nearly 12 inches were measured in 10 hours. The National Weather Service later estimated that this amount of rain in that location should happen less than once every 1,000 years.