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Flood damage in the Karlin district of Prague Flooded Prague metro network in 2002 Prague received significant damage from what were deemed to be the worst floods ever to hit the capital. The flow of Vltava culminated at 5300 m³/s, 20% more than during the flood of 1845.
2020 - January 21: Washington reports the United States' first case of COVID-19. Washington would record the nation's first death from the disease the following month. 2021 - June & July: The 2021 Western North America heat wave kills 91 people in Washington, making it the state's second deadliest natural disaster on record. [26]
Floods in Europe in August killed 232 people. The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2002 . There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards , cold waves , droughts , heat waves , tornadoes , and tropical cyclones .
Year Details Countries Fatalities Causes 120 BCE: Cymbrian flood: Denmark, Norway: probably many thousands: Storm tide 589: Breach at Cucca: Italy: 1170: All Saints' Flood (1170)
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August 2002 – The 2002 European floods led to the evacuation of 50,000 residents of Prague, Czech Republic, on 13 August, with a total of 200,000 Czechs during the second week of August. [15] Elsewhere in Europe, more than 120,000 people were evacuated in the German city of Dresden, 36,000 in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, and 1,500 in ...
The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
2002 European floods; 2002 Glasgow floods; 2002 La Paz floods; N. 2002 Northern Chile floods and mudflow; P. Písek Stone Bridge; T. Tenerife flood of 2002