List of deadliest floods
This is a list consisting of the deadliest floods worldwide, with a minimum of 60 deaths.
List
Death count
|
Event
|
Location
|
Year
|
930,000–2,000,000
|
1887 Yellow River flood
|
China
|
1887
|
422,499–4,000,000
|
1931 China floods
|
China
|
1931
|
400,000–893,303
|
1938 Yellow River flood
|
China
|
1939
|
145,000
|
1935 Yangtze flood
|
China
|
1935
|
up to 100,000[1][2][3]
|
The flood of 1099
|
Netherlands, England
|
1099
|
50,000–80,000[2]
|
St. Lucia's flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1287
|
0 or 36,000 or 60,000[4]
|
North sea flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1212
|
40,000[5]
|
1949 Eastern Guatemalan floods
|
Guatemala
|
1949
|
36,000
|
First St. Marcellus flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1219
|
33,000
|
1954 Yangtze River floods
|
China
|
1954
|
27,000–1,500,000
|
1974 Bangladesh flood due to monsoon rain
|
Bangladesh
|
1974
|
26,000–240,000
|
1975 Banqiao Dam failure and floods
|
China
|
1975
|
25,000–40,000
|
St. Marcellus flood / Grote Mandrenke, storm tide
|
Holy Roman Empire, Denmark
|
1362
|
20,000–25,000
|
All Saints' Flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1570
|
20,000
|
1939 Tianjin flood[citation needed]
|
China
|
1939
|
15,000[6]
|
1705 Po valley flood
|
Italy
|
1705
|
14,000
|
Christmas flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands, Germany, Denmark
|
1717
|
11,498+
|
Storm Daniel
|
Libya, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt
|
2023
|
10,000–100,000[1][2][3]
|
St. Elizabeth's flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1421
|
10,000–30,000
|
1999 Vargas mudslide
|
Venezuela
|
1999
|
8,000–15,000
|
Burchardi flood
|
Germany, Denmark
|
1634
|
7,000[6]
|
1557 Palermo flood
|
Sicily
|
1557
|
6,200[citation needed]
|
Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui flood
|
China
|
1980
|
6,054
|
2013 North India floods
|
India
|
2013
|
5,154 (official)[citation needed]
|
1963 Great Hai River flood
|
China
|
1963
|
5,000–10,000[citation needed]
|
Rajasthan flood
|
India
|
1943
|
5,000[citation needed]
|
Lake Palcacocha in the Cojup valley, Cordillera Blanca mountain range, landslide by massive avalanche
|
Peru
|
1941
|
4,892[5]
|
1968 Rajasthan, Gujarat monsoon rain
|
India
|
1968
|
4,800[citation needed]
|
1951 Manchuria flood
|
China
|
1951
|
4,000[6]
|
1610 Tanaro River flood
|
Italy
|
1610
|
3,838[citation needed]
|
1998 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain
|
India, Bangladesh
|
1998
|
3,814[citation needed]
|
1989 Sichuan flood
|
China
|
1989
|
3,800[citation needed]
|
1978 Northern India monsoon rain
|
India
|
1978
|
3,656[citation needed]
|
1998 Yangtze river flood
|
China
|
1998
|
3,500[citation needed]
|
1948 Fuzhou flood
|
China
|
1948
|
3,189+
|
2010 China floods, landslides
|
China, North Korea
|
2010
|
3,083[7]
|
1993 South Asian Monsoon Flood
|
Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
|
1993
|
3,076[citation needed]
|
2004 Eastern India, Bangladesh monsoon rain
|
India, Bangladesh
|
2004
|
3,000[6]
|
1530 Tiber River flood
|
Italy
|
1530
|
3,000[6]
|
1598 Tiber River flood
|
Italy
|
1598
|
3,000[citation needed]
|
1992 Afghanistan flood, mainly, Gulbahar, Kalotak, Shutul, Parwan, flash flood, mudslide
|
Afghanistan
|
1992
|
2,910[citation needed]
|
1950 Pakistan flood
|
Pakistan
|
1950
|
2,828+
|
2011 Southeast Asian floods
|
Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia
|
2011
|
2,775[citation needed]
|
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 monsoon rain
|
Bangladesh
|
1988
|
2,209
|
Johnstown Flood
|
United States (Pennsylvania)
|
1889
|
2,142
|
North Sea flood of 1953 storm surge
|
Netherlands, United Kingdom, Belgium
|
1953
|
2,075[citation needed]
|
1981 Sichuan, Shanxi flood
|
China
|
1981
|
2,055[citation needed]
|
1987 Bangladesh monsoon rain
|
Bangladesh
|
1987
|
several thousands[citation needed]
|
North Sea flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1014
|
several thousands[citation needed]
|
St. Juliana flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1164
|
several thousands[citation needed]
|
St. Agatha flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1288
|
several thousands[citation needed]
|
St. Clemens flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1334
|
several thousands
|
St. Mary Magdalene's flood
|
Central Europe
|
1342
|
several thousands[citation needed]
|
All Saints flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1532
|
several thousands[citation needed]
|
North Sea flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands
|
1703
|
2,000–10,000
|
Great Iran Flood
|
Iran
|
1954
|
2,000–5,0001
|
Morvi dam burst
|
India (Morvi, Gujarat)
|
1979
|
2,000–3,000[citation needed]
|
Mostaganem and Oran flood
|
Algeria
|
1927
|
2,000+
|
Bristol Channel floods
|
England and Wales; possible tsunami
|
1607
|
2,000+
|
May 2004 Caribbean floods
|
Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands
|
2004
|
1,985
|
Pakistan floods, monsoon flooding[8][9][10][11]
|
Pakistan
|
2010
|
1,921[5][6]
|
Vajont Dam landslide and flood
|
Italy
|
1963
|
1,834[citation needed]
|
1992 Pakistan, Northern India monsoon rain
|
Pakistan, India
|
1992
|
1,739[12]
|
2022 Pakistan floods
|
Pakistan
|
2022
|
1,723[citation needed]
|
1991 China flood, mainly, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, torrential floods, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
1991
|
1,700[citation needed]
|
1955 Northern India flood
|
India
|
1955
|
1,624[citation needed]
|
Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang flood
|
China
|
2005
|
1,605–3,363[citation needed]
|
spring flooding
|
Haiti, Dominican Republic
|
2004
|
1,558
|
St. Martin flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands
|
1686
|
1,532[citation needed]
|
2002 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
2002
|
1,503[citation needed]
|
Mumbai and the surrounding state Maharashtra, Karnataka, monsoon rain in 2005
|
India
|
2005
|
1,437[citation needed]
|
1995 China flood, mainly, Hunan, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Sichuan, Fujian, torrential rain, devastating floods, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
1995
|
1,348
|
2007 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
2007
|
1,268
|
Floods caused by Tropical Storm Washi[13]
|
Philippines
|
2011
|
1,029
|
2004 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows, landslide
|
China
|
2004
|
1,000–8,000
|
2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain
|
India
|
2016
|
1,000[citation needed]
|
1961 Bihar flood
|
India
|
1961
|
992
|
1957 Isahaya flood, massive rain and mudslide
|
Japan
|
1957
|
941
|
Inuyama Iruka pond dam failure
|
Japan
|
1868
|
933
|
1938 Hanshin flood, mainly Tokyo, Kobe, massive rain and landslide
|
Japan
|
1938
|
915
|
Barcelona, flash flood
|
Spain
|
1962
|
903
|
January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
Brazil
|
2011
|
848
|
1977 Karachi flood
|
Pakistan
|
1977
|
844
|
2006 North Korean floods
|
North Korea
|
2006
|
827
|
Algiers, Bab El Oued, devastating flood, mudslide
|
Algeria
|
2001
|
800
|
North Sea flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands
|
1825
|
800
|
2000 Mozambique flood
|
Mozambique
|
2000
|
705
|
2006 Ethiopia flood, mainly Omo River Delta, Dire Dawa, Tena, Gode, flash flood, heavyrain
|
Ethiopia
|
2006
|
677
|
2009 August 8 flood, due to Typhoon Morakot, An entire village of Shiaolin was buried at the southern county of Kaohsiung
|
Taiwan
|
2009
|
672
|
1972 Seoul flood
|
South Korea
|
1972
|
653
|
1972 Luzon flood
|
Philippines
|
1972
|
640
|
1987 Villatina landslide disaster
|
Colombia
|
1987
|
610
|
2007 North Korean floods
|
North Korea
|
2007
|
595
|
1999 Vietnamese floods
|
Vietnam
|
1999
|
594
|
Hanoi and Red River Delta flood
|
North Vietnam
|
1971
|
540
|
1969 Tunisia flooding
|
Tunisia
|
1969
|
532
|
Cuzco, Huallaga, torrential rain, flooding, landslide
|
Peru
|
1982
|
517
|
1967 Massive rain of Japan, mainly, Kobe, Kure, Agano River, massive rain and landslide
|
Japan
|
1967
|
506
|
KwaZulu-Natal
|
South Africa
|
1987
|
1678
|
The flood of Chile
|
500
|
Malawi, flash flood and landslide
|
Malawi
|
1991
|
500
|
Gauldal, landslide
|
Norway
|
1345
|
500[14]
|
2018 East Africa floods
|
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, and Somalia
|
2018
|
483
|
2018 Kerala floods
|
India
|
2018
|
464
|
Lisbon flash flood
|
Portugal
|
1967
|
449+
|
2016 China floods
|
China
|
2016
|
445
|
Western Japan, massive rains and landslides
|
Japan
|
1972
|
437
|
1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide
|
Brazil
|
1967
|
431
|
St. Francis Dam failure
|
United States (California)
|
1928
|
431
|
2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods
|
India
|
2015
|
429
|
2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide
|
Nepal
|
2002
|
425
|
October 1999 Mexico floods, mainly occurred at Tabasco, Puebla, Chiapas, flood and mudslide as a result from Tropical Depression Eleven
|
Mexico
|
1999
|
421
|
Malpasset Dam failure
|
France
|
1959
|
420
|
St. Aarons Flood
|
Amsterdam
|
1420
|
408
|
1969 South Korea flood, mainly, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gyeongsangnam-do, Gangwon-do, torrential rain, landslide
|
South Korea
|
1969
|
407
|
1993 Iran flood, mainly occurred at Isfahan, Bandar Abass, flash flood and landslide
|
Iran
|
1993
|
405
|
1998 South Korea flood, heavy massive rain, landslide
|
South Korea
|
1998
|
400
|
1955 Lebanon Tripoli flood
|
Lebanon
|
1955
|
386
|
Thailand, Malaysia, mainly, Nakhon, Songkhla, Kelantan, torrential rain |
Thailand, Malaysia
|
1988
|
385+
|
Wayanad, Kerala, India
|
Chooral Mala Landslide
|
2024
|
385
|
Ohio River flood of 1937
|
United States (Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois)
|
1937
|
373
|
1966 Rio de Janeiro flood, flood and landslide
|
Brazil
|
1966
|
364
|
Piura, Tumbes, torrential rain, flooding, landslide
|
Peru
|
1983
|
360+
|
Great Dayton Flood
|
United States
|
1913
|
360
|
1958 Buenos Aires flood
|
Argentina
|
1958
|
356+[6][15]
|
1923 Gleno Dam failure
|
Italy
|
1923
|
353
|
2007 African Nations flood
|
mainly Sudan, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, and many African country
|
2007
|
347
|
1996 Yemen flood
|
Yemen
|
1996
|
345
|
1987 South Korea flood, mainly, Chungchongnam-do, Jeollanam-do, Kangwon, torrential rain, landslide
|
South Korea
|
1987
|
342
|
2006 East African Flood
|
Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia
|
2006
|
315
|
North Sea flood of 1962 storm tide
|
Germany
|
1962
|
313
|
2003 Sumatra flood, mainly Jambi, Batanghari, Tondano, torrential rain, flash flood, landslide
|
Indonesia
|
2003
|
302
|
2021 Henan floods
|
China
|
2021
|
300[6]
|
1584 Tanaro River flood
|
Italy
|
1584
|
300
|
Flood in Miskolc, 1878
|
Miskolc, Hungary
|
1878
|
300
|
Pampayacta avalanche
|
Peru
|
1963
|
300
|
Quebrada Blanca canyon, landslide
|
Colombia
|
1974
|
299
|
1982 Nagasaki flood
|
Japan
|
1982
|
290
|
Rio de Janeiro and Fluminense flood
|
Brazil
|
1988
|
272
|
1973 Granada, Almeria, Murcia flood
|
Spain
|
1973
|
270
|
Great Sheffield flood dam disaster
|
United Kingdom
|
1864
|
268
|
Val di Stava dam disaster
|
Italy
|
1985
|
259
|
1966 Maian flood
|
Jordan
|
1966
|
255
|
1998 Tajikistan flood
|
Tajikistan
|
1998
|
251
|
2021 Maharashtra floods
|
India
|
2021
|
250
|
La Josefina landslide dam failure
|
Ecuador
|
1993
|
246+
|
April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
2010
|
246
|
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
|
United States (Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas)
|
1927
|
242
|
2021 European floods
|
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Romania, Czech Republic, Croatia
|
2021
|
240
|
2017 Gujarat flood
|
Gujarat and Rajasthan, India
|
2017
|
238
|
Black Hills flood
|
United States
|
1972
|
235–244
|
2009 Philippine Floods[16]
|
Philippines
|
2009
|
233
|
2020 Central Vietnam floods
|
Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
|
2020
|
230
|
Marrakesh flash flood
|
Morocco
|
1995
|
228
|
2007 Balochistan flood by Cyclone Yemyin
|
Pakistan
|
2007
|
223
|
2012 North Korean floods
|
North Korea
|
2012
|
225
|
2018 Japan floods
|
Japan
|
2018
|
203+
|
2017 China floods
|
China
|
2017
|
200–600
|
1824 St. Petersburg flood
|
Russia
|
1824
|
200–600
|
Chungar landslide, flood, avalanche
|
Peru
|
1971
|
200+
|
2008 South China floods
|
South China
|
2008
|
200
|
Pamir Mountain area, mud and rock slides, torrential rain
|
Tajikistan
|
1992
|
199
|
Santa Catarina, Tubarão, torrential heavy rain
|
Brazil
|
1974
|
199
|
2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides
|
El Salvador
|
2009
|
190
|
Huigra, landslide
|
Ecuador
|
1931
|
187
|
Ulaanbaatar-Tov area, heavy rain, mostly during August
|
Mongolia
|
1982
|
182
|
Rio Grande do Sul floods
|
Brazil
|
2024
|
172
|
2012 Russian floods
|
Krymsk
|
2012
|
165
|
2004 Brazil flood, mainly São Paulo, Pemambuco, torrential rain, mudslide
|
Brazil
|
2004
|
159
|
Sarno flood and landslide
|
Italy
|
1998
|
154
|
KwaZulu-Natal
|
South Africa
|
1995
|
141+
|
2010–2011 Southern Africa floods
|
Africa
|
2011
|
140+
|
2019 Pakistan floods and storms
|
Pakistan
|
2019
|
139
|
Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)
|
United States
|
1874
|
138
|
2010 Colombia floods
|
Colombia
|
2010
|
135
|
Ozengeli, avalanche
|
Turkey
|
1993
|
128
|
Izumo, massive rain and mudslide
|
Japan
|
1964
|
125+
|
2010 Leh floods
|
Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan/India
|
2010
|
123
|
2009 Jeddah Torrential rain, floods
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2009
|
121
|
1986 Northern Vietnam floods
|
Vietnam
|
1986
|
120
|
1991 Antofagasta Flood, mud swept
|
Chile
|
1991
|
119
|
2007 Central and East Java torrential monsoon rain, landslide, flood
|
Indonesia
|
2007
|
117
|
Masuda, massive rain and landslide
|
Japan
|
1983
|
115
|
Los Angeles flood of 1938
|
United States
|
1938
|
114
|
1990 South Korea flood, Seoul, Inchon, heavy rain
|
South Korea
|
1990
|
113
|
2019 Jayapura flood and landslide
|
Indonesia
|
2019
|
113
|
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 India floods
|
India
|
2023
|
100
|
2008 Vietnam floods
|
Vietnam, China
|
2008
|
94
|
The Mameyes disaster
|
Puerto Rico (Ponce)
|
1985
|
90+
|
Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913
|
United States
|
1913
|
86
|
"Las Nieves" camping river flood, in Biescas.
|
Spain
|
1996
|
85+
|
January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
2010
|
81+
|
Valencia flood
|
Valencia, Spain
|
1957
|
81
|
Holmfirth floods—Bilberry Reservoir dam failure
|
United Kingdom
|
1852
|
81
|
2021 Turkey floods
|
Turkey
|
2021
|
80–100[18]
|
1852 Gundagai flood
|
Australia
|
1852
|
80+
|
2014 Southeast Europe floods
|
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
|
2014
|
80[19]
|
1988 Sudan floods
|
Sudan
|
1988
|
80
|
Failure of Laurel Run Dam and flash flooding, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
1977
|
78
|
Austin Dam failure
|
United States
|
1911
|
77+
|
2019 Iran floods
|
Iran
|
2019
|
73
|
1993 Kagoshima Heavy Rain, mudslide and debris flow
|
Japan
|
1993
|
72+
|
Nigeria floods
|
Nigeria
|
2012
|
72
|
Gudbrandsdalen flood and landslides
|
Norway
|
1789
|
69
|
2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans
|
United States
|
2005
|
68
|
2019 South Sulawesi floods
|
Indonesia
|
2019
|
67
|
2003 Santa Fe flood
|
Argentina
|
2003
|
66
|
2020 Jakarta floods
|
Indonesia
|
2020
|
62
|
2021 Niger floods
|
Niger
|
2021
|
61[20]
|
Clermont and Peak Downs flood
|
Australia
|
1916
|
Floods by year
The only floods listed are ones that caused 10 or more fatalities in the 21st century.
2024
2023
2022
2021
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
February 7 – February 18
|
83
|
India
|
2021 Uttarakhand flood
|
June – present
|
449
|
China
|
2021 China floods
|
June – August
|
62
|
Niger
|
2021 Niger floods
|
July 12 – July 25
|
243
|
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, United Kingdom
|
2021 European floods
|
July 17 – 31
|
302 –398
|
China
|
2021 Henan floods
|
July 22 – August
|
209
|
India
|
2021 Maharashtra floods
|
July 28 – August
|
113
|
Afghanistan
|
2021 Afghanistan flood, 2021 Nuristan floods
|
August 11 – 20
|
97
|
Turkey
|
2021 Turkey floods
|
August 21
|
20
|
United States
|
2021 Tennessee floods
|
17 December – 19 January
|
54
|
Malaysia
|
2021–2022 Malaysian floods
|
24 December – ongoing
|
21
|
Brazil
|
Late December 2021 Bahia floods
|
2020
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
January 1
|
66
|
Indonesia
|
2020 Jakarta floods
|
January 26
|
70
|
Brazil
|
2020 Brazilian floods and mudslides[21]
|
March – May
|
453
|
Rwanda, Kenya, Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Tanzania
|
2020 East Africa floods
|
May – November 21
|
1,134
|
India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos
|
2020 China floods, 2020 Assam floods,2020 Kerala floods, 2020 Hyderabad floods,[22] 2020 Nepal floods,[23][24] 2020 Central Vietnam floods
|
July 4
|
77
|
Japan
|
2020 Kyushu floods[25]
|
August
|
172
|
Yemen
|
2020 Yemen flood
|
August 26
|
190
|
Afghanistan
|
2020 Afghanistan flood
|
September
|
124
|
Sudan
|
2020 Sudan floods
|
2019
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
January 22 - March 16
|
181
|
Indonesia
|
2019 South Sulawesi floods, 2019 Jayapura flood and landslide
|
February 14 - August 29
|
2,576+
|
Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Iran, Pakistan
|
2019 South Asia floods, 2019 Kerala floods, 2019 Karnataka floods, 2019 Indian floods, 2019 Nepal floods, 2019 Bihar floods, 2019 Iran floods, 2019 Pakistan floods and storms
|
April 18 – 22
|
85+
|
South Africa
|
2019 Durban Easter floods
|
August 8
|
60
|
Malappuram, Kerala, India
|
Kavalappara Landslide after heavy rain
|
2018
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
January 8
|
21
|
United States
|
January 2018 Western United States floods
|
March
|
~500
|
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Djibouti, Burundi
|
2018 East Africa floods
|
May 19 – 26
|
22
|
Sri Lanka
|
2018 Sri Lankan southwest monsoon floods
|
June 23 – 25
|
23
|
Vietnam
|
June 2018 Vietnam floods
|
June 28 – July 9
|
225
|
Japan
|
2018 Japan floods
|
July 23
|
71
|
Laos
|
2018 Laos dam collapse and flood
|
July – August
|
483
|
India
|
2018 Kerala floods
|
August 28
|
76
|
North Korea
|
2018 North Korean floods
|
September 2
|
14
|
Vietnam
|
September 2018 Vietnam floods
|
October – November
|
69
|
Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Portugal
|
2018 European floods
|
2017
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
December 16, 2016 – March
|
246
|
Zimbabwe
|
2016–17 Zimbabwe floods
|
April 14-August 30
|
1,245
|
India, Pakistan, China, Iran
|
2017 Mumbai flood, 2017 Karachi floods, 2017 Bihar flood, 2017 West Bengal floods, 2017 Rajasthan flood, 2017 Gujarat flood, 2017 China floods, 2017 Northwest Iran floods
|
July 15
|
10
|
United States
|
2017 Payson flash floods
|
2016
2015
2014
2013
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
January 15 – 23
|
47
|
Indonesia
|
2013 Jakarta flood
|
May – June
|
25
|
Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Poland, Switzerland
|
2013 European floods
|
June
|
6,054
|
India
|
2013 North India floods
|
April 1 – 3
|
101
|
Argentina
|
2013 Argentina floods
|
August
|
50
|
Sudan
|
2013 Sudan floods
|
August
|
187
|
Pakistan, Afghanistan
|
2013 Pakistan–Afghanistan floods
|
August 10
|
85
|
China, Russia
|
2013 China–Russia floods
|
July – September
|
201
|
India
|
2013 Bihar flood
|
July 3 – September
|
73
|
China
|
2013 Southwest China floods
|
August – December
|
405
|
Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar
|
2013 Southeast Asian floods
|
November 17 – 19
|
18
|
Italy
|
2013 Sardinia floods
|
2012
2011
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
January 11
|
903
|
Brazil
|
January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
March 23
|
53
|
Thailand
|
2011 Southern Thailand floods
|
April
|
400
|
Colombia
|
April 2011 Colombia floods
|
May 4 – June 20
|
20
|
United States
|
2011 Mississippi River floods
|
June 4 – 27
|
239
|
China
|
2011 China floods
|
July 25 – 28
|
69
|
South Korea
|
2011 Seoul floods
|
July 25 – January 12, 2012
|
815
|
Thailand
|
2011 Thailand floods
|
June – October
|
2,282
|
Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia
|
2011 Southeast Asian floods
|
August
|
63
|
Pakistan
|
2011 Kohistan floods
|
August – September
|
434
|
Pakistan
|
2011 Sindh floods
|
September – November
|
81
|
Colombia
|
Sep–Nov 2011 Colombia floods
|
October
|
13
|
France, Italy, Ireland
|
2011 European floods
|
December 2010 – January
|
40
|
Philippines
|
2010–11 Philippine floods
|
December 2010 – January
|
141
|
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
|
2010–11 Southern Africa floods
|
2010
2009
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
March – April
|
131
|
Angola, Namibia, Zambia
|
2009 Angola, Namibia and Zambia floods
|
April – May
|
44
|
Brazil
|
2009 Brazilian floods and mudslides
|
June
|
33
|
Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Germany, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
|
2009 European floods
|
June – September
|
193
|
Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone
|
2009 West Africa floods
|
July
|
299
|
India
|
2009 India floods
|
July – August
|
26
|
Pakistan
|
2009 Karachi floods
|
September
|
31
|
Turkey
|
2009 Turkish flash floods
|
September 15 – 30
|
10
|
United States
|
2009 Southeastern United States floods
|
October 1 – 2
|
31
|
Italy
|
2009 Messina floods and mudslides
|
November 25
|
122
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2009 Jeddah floods
|
November 7 – 8
|
199
|
El Salvador
|
2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides
|
2008
2007
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
December 18, 2006 – January 13
|
118
|
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
|
2006–07 Southeast Asian floods
|
February
|
29
|
Mozambique
|
2007 Mozambican flood
|
February 2 – 12
|
80
|
Indonesia
|
2007 Jakarta flood
|
April
|
15
|
Argentina
|
March 2007 Argentina floods
|
June
|
11
|
United States
|
June 2007 Texas flooding
|
June 1 – July 27
|
13
|
United Kingdom
|
2007 United Kingdom floods
|
July 3 – August 15
|
2,000
|
India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
|
2007 South Asian floods
|
August 15 – 31
|
600
|
North Korea
|
2007 North Korean floods
|
August 17
|
181
|
China
|
2007 Shandong coal mine flood
|
August 17 – 24
|
18
|
United States
|
2007 Midwest flooding
|
August – December
|
1,287
|
India
|
2007 Bihar flood
|
September 14 – 17
|
250
|
Sudan, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Togo
|
2007 African floods
|
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
Date
|
Death toll
|
Location
|
Event
|
February – March
|
1,005
|
Mozambique, Madagascar
|
2000 Mozambique flood, Early 2000 Madagascar floods
|
June
|
150
|
India, Bangladesh
|
2000 India-Bangladesh floods
|
September – October
|
20
|
United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia
|
Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods
|
Notes
- 1.^ Some reports list as many as 12,000 dead.
See also
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