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| Incident |
Year |
month |
date |
place |
country |
type |
type 2 |
file |
file no. |
Raw
sewage problem |
1997 |
July |
Early |
Yevlax |
Aberbaijan |
Floods |
Freak
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 51 |
1956 |
July |
26th |
Kandahar
area |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Heavy
rains |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 49 |
1958 |
April |
29th |
Badakhshan
Province |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 107 |
1963 |
April |
25th |
Herat |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Reservoir
opened: 100 dead |
1971 |
July |
28th |
Khinjan
Pass |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Landslide |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:
118 |
1972 |
March |
26th |
Heart
Province |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
floods kill 5000 |
1991 |
June |
(early) |
Jowzjan
Province |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Rainstorm |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
floods kill 3000 |
1992 |
September |
2nd |
HinduKushMntsGulbahar |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Massive
floods kill 100 |
1996 |
April |
|
|
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Melting
snow |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 40 |
1997 |
April/May |
22nd/15th |
Kabul |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
floods kill 30 |
1998 |
February |
25th |
Kandahar |
Afghanistan |
Floods |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
floods kill 30+ |
1966 |
January |
3rd-8th |
Umbeluzi
River |
Africa |
Floods |
Cyclone |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Mati
River overflowed |
1992 |
November |
(mid) |
|
Albania |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 25 |
1952 |
September |
21st |
Tebessa |
Algeria |
Floods |
Flash
floods |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 68 Injured: 218 |
1969 |
October |
13th |
Biskra |
Algeria |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Severe
floods: 50+dead Inj:30 |
1974 |
April |
(early) |
Grande
Kabylie |
Algeria |
Floods |
Torrential
rains |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Town
inundated:43dd |
1981 |
September |
3rd |
El
Eulma |
Algeria |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Homeless:
3000 |
1985 |
January |
5th |
Eastern
Algeria |
Algeria |
Floods |
Storms |
No |
Cardex |
Bridges
swept away |
1990 |
May |
(mid) |
Northern
Algeria |
Algeria |
Floods |
Torrential
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 29 |
1994 |
September |
23rd |
|
Algeria |
Floods |
Torrential
Rains |
No |
Cardex |
Johnstown:
2,200 dead |
1889 |
May |
31st |
Western
Pennsylvania |
America |
Floods |
Dam
failure |
No |
Cardex |
River
floods: 1,000 dead |
1912 |
May |
|
Mississippi
Valley |
America |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods/Landslides:95dd |
1938 |
March |
2nd |
Los
Angeles,California |
America |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Drowned:
75+ |
1939 |
July |
5th |
N/E
Kentucky |
America |
Floods |
Flash
floods |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 30+ |
1942 |
May |
23rd |
East
Pennsylvania |
America |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 55 |
1947 |
September |
21st |
New
Orleans Area |
America |
Floods |
Hurricane |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Streams
overflow:33+ dead |
1950 |
June |
25th |
North
Central W/Virginia |
America |
Floods |
Flash
floods |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 40 |
1951 |
July |
11th-25th |
Kansas-Illinois |
America |
Floods |
Unseasonable
Rain |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 42 |
1955 |
October |
17th |
North
East America |
America |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 80 |
1955 |
December |
27th |
N/California-Oregon
area |
America |
Floods |
Rain
9 days |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 34 Miss: 30 |
1964 |
June |
8th |
North
West Montana |
America |
Floods |
Rain/MeltingSnow |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Month
long river rampage: 15 dead |
1965 |
April/May |
16-7th |
Mississippi
Valley |
America |
Floods |
Mississippi.River. |
No |
Cardex |
Wall
of water 15ft.: 16 dead |
1965 |
June |
11th |
Sanderson,
Texas |
America |
Floods |
Cloudburst |
No |
Cardex |
Six
state area storms: 20+ dead |
1965 |
June |
18-26th |
West
central America |
America |
Floods |
Thunderstorms |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 100+ |
1969 |
January |
18th-26th |
Southern
California |
America |
Floods |
Torrential
Rains |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Lake
Eric floods: 41 dead |
1969 |
July |
4th |
Northern
Ohio |
America |
Floods |
Violent
storm |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Maricopa
County floods |
1970 |
September |
9th |
Central
Arizona |
America |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Dam
built of coal refuse |
1972 |
February |
26th |
Buffalo
Creek |
America |
Floods |
Dam
collapse |
No |
Cardex |
Guadalupe
River overflows |
1972 |
May |
14th |
New
Braunfels, Texas |
America |
Floods |
Rainfall:
2 ins |
No |
Cardex |
Death
Toll: 235 |
1972 |
June |
9-10th |
Rapid
City,South Dakota |
America |
Floods |
Cloudburst |
No |
Cardex |
Mississippi
Floods |
1973 |
April |
29th |
Mississippi
Valley |
America |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
Floods & Heavy Rains |
1973 |
October |
12th |
Nebraska
- Texas |
America |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Teton
Dam collapsed |
1976 |
June |
5th |
Snake
River Valley,Idaho |
America |
Floods |
Dam
inadequate |
No |
Cardex |
Foot
of rain falls in 6hrs |
1976 |
July |
31st |
BigThompsonRiverCanyon |
America |
Floods |
Meterological |
No |
Cardex |
Tornadoes
& Heavy rains |
1977 |
April |
4th |
Southern
America |
America |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Massive
flooding kills 70 |
1977 |
July |
20th |
Johnstown,Pennsylvania |
America |
Floods |
Rain
9inches |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
floods ravage city |
1977 |
September |
13th |
Kansas
City |
America |
Floods |
Rain
12inches |
No |
Cardex |
Dam
collapsed |
1977 |
Nov |
6th |
Toccoa
Falls Bible College |
America |
Floods |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Shoal
Creek overflows |
1981 |
May |
25th |
Austin,
Texas |
America |
Floods |
Flash
floods |
No |
Cardex |
Severe
floods kill 12 |
1982 |
June |
5th-6th |
Connecticut |
America |
Floods |
Storm |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 24 |
1982 |
December |
(early) |
Arkansa,Illinois,Missouri
|
America |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Homeless:
6,000 |
1984 |
May |
6th-9th |
Southern
America |
America |
Floods |
Storms/Tornado |
No |
Cardex |
Thousands
homeless |
1984 |
May |
27th |
Tulsa,
Oklahoma |
America |
Floods |
Rain
(1ft) |
No |
Cardex |
Thousands
homeless |
1984 |
May-June |
late/Early |
North
East America |
America |
Floods |
Rain
(9.2 ins) |
No |
Cardex |
Thunderstorms
& Rain |
1985 |
August |
2nd |
Cheyenne,
Wyoming |
America |
Floods |
Rain
6ins in 4hrs |
No |
Cardex |
Four
days of flooding |
1985 |
October |
(late) |
Louisiana |
America |
Floods |
Storm
'Juan' |
No |
Cardex |
Rivers
overflow |
1985 |
November |
(early) |
W/Virginia-Pennsylvania |
America |
Floods |
Rain
20ins in 12hrs |
No |
Cardex |
Pine
& LittleCreek overflow |
1986 |
May |
30th |
Etna |
America |
Floods |
Thunderstorms |
No |
Cardex |
Swept
away on bridge |
1987 |
July |
17th |
Comfort,
Texas |
America |
Floods |
Swollen
river |
No |
Cardex |
Four
States affected |
1990 |
May |
(early/mid) |
Texas-Arkansas |
America |
Floods |
Severe
storms |
No |
Cardex |
Flash
floods kill 26 |
1990 |
June |
14th |
Shadyside,
Ohio |
America |
Floods |
Thunderstorm |
No |
Cardex |
Massive
floods kill 15 |
1991 |
December |
21st/22nd |
Texas |
America |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Los
Angeles Flood: 8+ dead |
1992 |
February |
|
California |
America |
Floods |
Heavy
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Missouri
Disaster: 30 dead |
1993 |
July |
|
50
counties in Missouri |
America |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Great
Flood of 1993 |
1993 |
June/August |
(mid) |
Midwest
America |
America |
Floods |
Storm
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
submerge homes |
1994 |
October |
19th-19th |
San
Jacinto River Basin |
America |
Floods |
Rain
30inches |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 15 |
1996 |
January |
20th |
North
East America |
America |
Floods |
Thaw |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 22 |
1998 |
October |
17th-18th |
Texas
& San Antonio |
America |
Floods |
Heavy
rain |
No |
Cardex
|
Floods
& mud slides |
1993 |
January |
7th-20th |
S.California&Tijuana |
America
& Mexico |
Floods |
Pounding
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Rio
Grande:16dead, Miss:60 |
1998 |
August |
23rd-24th |
S/Texas
& N/Mexico |
America/Mexico |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex
|
Floods
kill 62 to 100 |
1954 |
June-July |
27th-1st |
Rio
Grande River |
America-Mexico |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Floods
kill 33 |
1995 |
May |
(late) |
Feeding
centre, |
Angola |
Floods |
Torrential
Rain |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 60 |
1944 |
April |
9th |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:60
Inj:25 Miss:300 |
1958 |
July |
28th |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Heavy
floods kill 59 |
1967 |
October |
3rd-11th |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Floods |
Prolonged
rains |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Andean
City flooded |
1970 |
January |
4th |
Mendoza |
Argentina |
Floods |
Dam
waters |
No |
Cardex |
Cotton
harvest ruined:100+dead |
1974 |
February |
|
Santiago
del Estero |
Argentina |
Floods |
Torrential
rains |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Rain
sweeps off Andes |
1975 |
March |
(mid) |
Nequen
Province |
Argentina |
Floods |
Rain
storms |
No |
Cardex |
Homeless:
90,000 |
1985 |
May |
30th-31st |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Floods |
Rain
(11.4ins) |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 16 |
1988 |
March |
24th-27th |
Buenos
Aires |
Argentina |
Floods |
Rain
4 days |
No |
Cardex |
Massive
flooding: 18+ dead |
1998 |
April |
Mid/late |
Panama
Basin |
Argentina/Paraquay |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex
|
Floods
kill 4548 |
1989 |
July |
(late) |
|
Asia |
Floods |
Monsoon
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 70+ |
1955 |
February |
26th |
W/New
South Wales |
Australia |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Homes
& Crops Destroyed |
1972 |
June |
25th |
Sylhet
District |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Landslides
& floods |
1976 |
June |
(mid) |
|
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Monsoon
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Hailstones
hit villages |
1985 |
March |
(late) |
N/W
& W. Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Monsoon |
No |
Cardex |
One
thousand dead |
1987 |
August |
|
|
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Floods:1month |
No |
Cardex |
Bangladesh
floods:2,000 dead |
1988 |
Aug-Sept |
|
All
the country |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Monsoon |
Yes |
173 |
Massive
floods kill 26 |
1990 |
July |
(early) |
Southern
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Torrential
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
swamp villages |
1990 |
September |
(late) |
Northern
Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 100+ |
1991 |
May |
(mid) |
North
East Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Incessant
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Widespread
Floods Kill 250 |
1991 |
September |
(early/late) |
North
East Bangladesh |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 200 |
1993 |
June |
(mid) |
Dhaka |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Fierce
storms |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 150+ |
1995 |
July |
(mid) |
twenty
seven districts |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Weather |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 100+ |
1995 |
Sept/Oct |
Late/early |
|
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Heavy
rains |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 75 |
1997 |
July |
(mid) |
Chittagong |
Bangladesh |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
Cardex |
Massive
floods kill 291 |
1996 |
July |
Mid/late |
North
Bangldesh/E.India |
Bangladesh/India |
Floods |
Monsoon
Rain |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 110+ |
1995 |
June |
(early/mid |
|
Bangladesh/Nepal |
Floods |
Pre-monsoon |
No |
Cardex |
Village
flooded: 31 dead |
1965 |
December |
24th |
Tipuani
River, Tipuani |
Bolivia |
Floods |
Swollen
river |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Fifty
families dead |
1982 |
March |
(mid) |
Santa
Cruz |
Bolivia |
Floods |
Persistent
Rain |
No |
Cardex |
Floods
kill 30+ |
1945 |
March |
28th |
Petropolis |
Brazil |
Floods |
Flash
floods |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:200
Injured:1000+ |
1948 |
December |
16th |
Rio
de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Floods |
Cloudbursts |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:100+
Injured:200+ |
1949 |
May |
20th |
Maceio
& vicinity |
Brazil |
Floods |
Torrential
rain |
No |
(B)Cardex |
Dead:52
Miss:60 |
1957 |
|