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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 ...
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 ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
Flooding one city to save another was an awful choice The waters crested May 19 in the old Southern city at 57.1 feet, surpassing a record set 84 years ago. The 10 Costliest Floods in American History
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 ...
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 ...
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.
At the time, it was the worst flood in Cumbrian history, but has since been overtaken by the Cumbria flooding of November 2009. [17] One of Canada's most devastating floods occurred in southern Alberta in June 2005. The flooding affected many major metropolitan areas including Calgary. 4 deaths resulted from the three-week flood.