| Last updated 9:00 PM EST, February 8, 2006 by ERG and EKA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 Global Register of Major Flood Events - Scroll Down and Look For Links to Maps In The Country Column | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DFO # | Country | Detailed Locations |
Rivers | Began | Ended | Duration (days) | Dead | Displaced | Damage (USD) | Main cause | Secondary cause | Recurrence Interval (anecdotal) | Severity Class* | Hectares flooded | Hayden Code | Affected Region ( sq km) | Flood Magnitude** | MODIS
flood inundation limit file names*** |
Notes and Comments | |
| 171 | USA | Northern California - counties: Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Marin, Solano. San
Francisco Bay area to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Napa Valley. Towns:
Napa, Guerneville, San Anselmo, Novato, Collinsville. Nevada - Reno, Truckee, Carson City. |
California - Sacramento, San Joaquin, Russian, Napa, Navarro, Klamath,
Eel, Pit, Susan, Truckee. Nevada - East Fork of the Carson and the Truckee Rivers |
31-Dec-05 | 18-Jan-06 | 19 | 0 | 4,000 | $ 245,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 140,500 | 11.0 | 20060042055Cali171Ma2.38 20060041920Cali171M2.34 20060041915Cali171M2.38 |
Severe storms cause floods and mudslides. California - Up to 9.57 inches of rain. Napa river higher than 1986 floods. 1,000 homes flooded in Napa city. Flooding of vineyards. Russian river in Sonoma near record levels. Nevada - mudslide on interstate 80 near Truckee. Worst flooding in Reno since 1997. MODIS observations of flooding on the Sacramento river on January 4, 6, 8, 9, 15 |
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| 170 | Congo Republic | Brazzaville northern suburbs. Mpila, Simba Pèle, Maman Mbouale | Congo river | 24-Dec-05 | 28-Dec-05 | 5 | 1 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,100 | 0.5 | Heavy rain causes floods and mudslides in northern suburbs of Brazzville, thousands homeless. Floodwaters 4 meters deep in Mpila | ||||||||
| 169 | Western Sahara | Laayoune area | 22-Dec-05 | 26-Dec-05 | 5 | 0 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 114,100 | 10.9 | Two days of heavy rain in normally arid region causes flooding
on two watercourses on a scale not seen for decades. Water up to 1 meter deep
around Laayoune flooded houses and roads. MODIS observations of flooding in Laayoune area and rivers to the west on December 23, 26 |
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| 168 | Malawi, Mozambique | Southern Malawi - districts: Chikwawa, Nsanje, Mangochi Mozambiquie - provinces: Nampula (Nampula City), Sofala (Dondo, Nhamatanda, Buzi, Beira, Caia, Marromeu), Zambezia (Gurue), Gaza (Xai-Xai, Inhambane). |
Malawi - Shire, Ruo,
Nyamazire, Lalanje, Mwanza and Kombezi Mozambique - Shire, Ruo, Zambezi, Pungue, Mutamba, Licungo, Buzi |
22-Dec-05 | 7-Feb-06 | 48 | 23 | 50,000 | Heavy rain | 40 | 2 | 224,100 | 36.7 | Malawi - 1 dead.15,000 families homeless in Chikwawa, 5,000
hectares of maize destroyed, 50% of the land flooded. 4,500 homeless in
Nsanje. 4,000 ha crops flooded. Worst flooding in Nsanje district in almost a
half century. Mozambique -22 dead. 4,000 hectares of crops destroyed in Pungue river basin in Dondo district. 1,700 homes destroyed and 9,000 homeless in Nampula.Widespread loss of crops and livestock.Total crop loss of 7,400 hectares (0.2% of the total area planted). MODIS observations of flooding on the Pungue river on December 28, January 6, 8, 19, 23, 25. Flooding on the Shire river on January 4, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
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| 167 | Phillipines | Central and western Philippines. Oriental Mindoro - Calapan City, Baco, Naujan, Puerto Princesa, Barangay Biga, Barangay Malabo Palawan - Aborlan, Dumaran, Taytay, Barangay Sta. Maria, Roxas, San Vicente. Bicol - provinces: Albay, Camarines Sur, Sorsogon and Catanduanes. Bato Quezon - Pagbilao, Mauban, Lucena, Candelaria Aurora - Dipaculao, Casiguran, Bianuan, Dibacong and Tinib Camarines Norte - Victoria Capalonga, Labo Visayas islands - Leyte - Palo. other provinces: Aklan, Iloilo, Camarines Norte, Negros Occidental, Quezon |
Oriental Mindoro - Bocayao and Mag-asawang Tubig | 5-Dec-05 | 29-Dec-05 | 25 | 9 | 60,000 | $350,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 4,630 | 2.2 | Heavy monsoon rains followed by Tropical Depression Quedon cause
flooding and landslides. Oriental Mindoro most affected by flooding. 15,000 families evacuated after a protective dyke collapsed in Calapan City. Worst floods in Calapan City since 1954.Agricultural damage in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro is estimated at $514,706. By December 19 floods inundated most of Calapan City and Baco and Naujan towns from overflowing Bocayao and Mag-asawang Tubig Rivers. Quezon - 15,000 relocated to higher ground in Lucena. 47 houses have been partially damaged in Mauban. |
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| 166 | Canada | Dauphin River Indian reserve, 250 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg, at the juncture of the Dauphin River and Lake Winnipeg. Gypsumville area. | Dauphin River | 5-Dec-05 | 16-Dec-05 | 12 | 0 | 56 | Ice jam/break-up | 30 | 2 | 1,840 | 2.1 | Floods caused by ice jams blocked the only road to the Dauphin River First Nation reserve.Meter deep flooding in some spots. Last big winter flood in same area was 30 years ago. | ||||||
| 165 | Vietnam | Central Provinces: Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang), Quang Ngai (Mo Duc), Binh Dinh (Dong Xuan, Tuy An, Song Hinh), Quang Nam, Phu Yen, Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan. Dac Lac (Krong Ana, Lak, Ma Drak) | Nha Trang, Kon, Cai Nha
Trang, Dinh Quang Ngai - Ve, Tra Cau, Tra Khuc, Tra Bong Binh Dinh - Con, Ha Thanh and Lao Giang Dac Lac - Krong Ana, Krong Kno and Serepoc. Krong No |
4-Dec-05 | 24-Dec-05 | 21 | 62 | 20,000 | $ 19,000,000 | Heavy rain | 5 | 1 | 45,000 | 63,090 | 7.6 | Two weeks of heavy rain causes flash floods. 62 dead as of
December 23.171 houses destroyed, 335
houses damaged, 5,300 homes inundated. 49 bridges damaged. 22 irragation
projects damaged. 45,000 hectares crops submerged. Economic losses estimated
at VND437 billion. Damage to major highway from landslides. Khanh Hoa
province: 32 deaths, worst floods in 5 years. Phu Yen: 14 dead. Binh Dinh 11
dead. Quang Ngai 5 dead. Dac Lac - 7 dead. Six days of heavy rains cause floods and landslides. 2,000 houses destroyed. 10,000 ha crops inundated. 500 hectares of coffee damaged. Economic losses estimated at 83 billion VND. Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa - landslides in Ca Pass on December 20. Floodwaters begin to subside on December 19. |
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| 164 | Albania | Southern regions: Gjirokaster, Durres, Elbasan, Lezhe, Berat, Fier. Vlore, also the capital Tirana. Towns: Burrel, Rubik. Librazhd district | Fan River | 30-Nov-05 | 3-Dec-05 | 4 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | 10,410 | 1.4 | Over 4,100 hectares of farmland flooded. Hundred houses damaged. 10,000 people isolated in the Librazhd district after floods destroyed a bridge. | ||||||||
| 163 | Thailand, Malaysia | Southern Thailand provinces: Songkhla (Muang Songkhla, Sadao, Hat Yai,
Tambon Khao Roop Chang). Yala (Raman, Krong Pinang, Muang, Bannang Sata,
Yaha). Nakhon Si Thammarat (Tha Sala district, Nopphitam). Chumphon (Lamae,
Muang). Pattani (Muang, Nong Chik, Kapho, Yarang, Pakaharang, Chabangtiko).
Narathiwat (Sukhirin, Waeng, Sungai Kolok, Chanae, Sungai Padi, Tak Bai,
Rusoh). Phatthalung (Pak Phayun). Trang.
Satun (La Ngu). Surat Thani (Koh Samui, Phrasaeng). Northern Malaysia. states: Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah (Kubang Pasu, Kota Star, Padang Terap, Langkawi), Perlis, Perak |
Thailand - Ta Pi, Pattani | 23-Nov-05 | 12-Jan-06 | 51 | 69 | 700,000 | $ 14,900,000 | Monsoonal rain | 30 | 2 | 70,520 | 20.9 | Three weeks of heavy rain cause "some of the worst floods
to hit peninsular Southeast Asia in decades" Southern Thailand - 55 dead as of Dec 23. Worst floods in 40 years. $14.9 million in damages. Flood water up to 2 meters deep in Pattani. In Yala, 30,000 affected, 66 roads and 282 fish farms damaged. 102,216 persons affected in Pattini, losses of 231 homes, 144 roads, 7 bridges, 832 fish farms and some 24,000 rai of paddy fields damaged or destroyed. Outbreaks of conjuctivitis and fungal foot infections. "This is the worst flood after the ones in 1967 and 1977." Malaysia - 9 dead as of Dec 23. 30,000 evacuated. worst floods in 30 years. MODIS observations of flooding in southern Thailand in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Yala on Decmeber 27. |
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| 162 | Sri Lanka | Provinces: Western (Colombo, Ratmalana, Gampaha). Eastern (Trincomalee). Northern (Jaffna, Killinochchi, Mullaitivu). Sabaragamuwa (Nuwara Eliya, Ratnapura). Southern (Galle). Central | 21-Nov-05 | 23-Nov-05 | 3 | 6 | 8,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 29,870 | 1.9 | 270 mm of rain in the capital, Colombo. 2,000 homes destroyed. Tsunami victims in temporary shelters in Trincomalee forced to leave. | ||||||||
| 161 | Vietnam | Central region: Quang Ngai Province -
districts: Tu Nghia, Son Tinh and Mo Duc. Binh Dinh Province - districts: Tuy Phuo, Phu Cat. Quang Nam Province - Nam Tra My District. |
Tra Khuc River, Ve River | 18-Nov-05 | 21-Nov-05 | 4 | 5 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 16,020 | 1.8 | Quang Ngai Province: flooding of thousands of homes in the districts of Tu Nghia, Son Tinh and Mo Duc. Binh Dinh Province: thousands of homes in the two districts of Tuy Phuoc and Phu Cat submerged or destroyed.At least 15 landslides on roads. | |||||||
| 160 | Jamaica | St. Mary, northern St. Catherine and Trelawny | 15-Nov-05 | 17-Nov-05 | 3 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | 760 | 0.3 | Heavy rain caused by remnants of tropical depression 27. Floods, mudslides, and landslides. | |||||||||
| 159 | United Kingdom | Wales: Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire | Gwili or Bala | 11-Nov-05 | 11-Nov-05 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 210 | 0.0 | Flash flood, worst in the village of Cynwyl Elfed in at least 60 years. | ||||||||
| 158 | France | Southern France - Perpignan area | Augly and Verdouble | 15-Nov-05 | 17-Nov-05 | 3 | 2 | 1,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,000 | 0.5 | Heavy rains cause several rivers to overflow. 1,000
evacuated. MODIS observation of flooding on two rivers north of Perpignan on November 16, 17. |
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| 157 | Australia | New South Wales - Central-western region - Eugowra, Molong, Orange,
Bathurst, Parkes, Forbes, Wyalong and Trundle. Broken Hill, Wellington South Australia - Adelaide Plains region - Virginia, Gawler, Adelaide Hills, Dernancourt, Hope Valley, Banksia Park, Fairview Park, Surrey Downs and Houghton Victoria - Shepparton, Rutherglen, Benalla and Wangaratta |
Mandagery Creek, Belubula River, Molong creek, Bells River, Gawler River, North and South Para rivers, Onkaparinga, Torrens, Patawalonga | 8-Nov-05 | 13-Nov-05 | 6 | 1 | 1,000 | $ 76,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 204,300 | 8.1 | 100mm rain overnight caused flash flooding in central west NSW.
$16 million in farm damages in central west NSW. Entire town of Eugowra
evacuated (700 people), near record flooding in Eugowra. Hundreds of homes
inundated in Adelaide Hills area. Town of Virginia in Adelaide Plains hit
with a one-in-100-year flood. $60million losses in agriculture in Adelaide
Plains. Torrens river at 50 year flood levels. MODIS observations of flooding in Parkes area of NSW on November 8, 10, 11, Flooding much less by November 13. |
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| 156 | Colombia | Northwestern provinces: Sucre, Córdoba, César, Magdalena (Aracataca), Antioquia, Choco, Atlantico | River Magdalena | 15-Sep-05 | 16-Dec-05 | 93 | 95 | 100,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 115,200 | 15.4 | Heavy rains since September kill 95 throughout Colombia. Floods
and landslides. Nearly 180,000 homes damaged. Large areas of maize, banana
and yucca destroyed. "Worst-hit are the northwestern provinces of Sucre, Cordoba and Cesar, where severe flooding has wrecked thousands of hectares of rice and cotton fields and forced many farmers to abandon their farms." " The Colombian government said this year's rainy season was the worst for the last five years" |
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| 155 | Vietnam - Typhoon Kai tak | Central Vietnam - provinces: Quang Nam, Quang Ngai (Son Ha), Thua Thien-Hue (Phong Dien),Quang Tri. Danang and Hue, Hoi An. Phu Vang, Phu Loc, Huong Tra, Quang Dien. | 2-Nov-05 | 4-Nov-05 | 3 | 20 | 15,000 | $ 11,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 16,660 | 1.4 | More
than 9,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged. Crops destroyed on 12,800
hectares. Quang Nam - 15,000 displaced. Hoi An - 3,000evacuated. |
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| 154 | Nicaragua and Honduras - Hurricane Beta | Nicaragua's Caribbean coast -
Karawala, Sandy Bay Sirpi, Barra de Rio Grande, Cruz de Rio Grande,
Laguna de Perlas,Kukra Hill, Walpa,
Kara, Esperanza, Guadalupe and Company Creek. Tortuguero y Desembocadura de
Rio Grande. Tasbapauni. Puerto Cabezas. Honduras - Provinces: Gracias a Dios, Atlantida and Colon. La Ceiba, Roatan |
Nicaragua - Rio Grande of
Matagalpa, River Coco Honduras - Cangrejal River, Wampu River |
30-Oct-05 | 15-Nov-05 | 17 | 2,000 | 20,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 57,710 | 6.8 | 20053191620Hond154M2.56 20053141900Nicar154Ma2.54 20053141600HonNic154M2c 20053121615Nicar154M2c 20053101625Nicar154M2.46 20053101625Hond154M2.60 20053051605Hond154M2.66 |
Record 13th hurricane of this years Atlantic storm season comes
ashore in Sandy Bay Sirpi, Nicargua on October 30. Remnants of the hurricane
bring heavy rain to Caribbean coast.
Area hit by Tropical Storm Gamma Nov 18-20. Nicaragua - 13,000 refugees in southern Nicaragua. Up to 15 inches of rain. Over 100 hectares of crops lost. Honduras - 7,800 evacuated from 50 communities along northeastern Atlantic coast. Rivers overflowing near Nicaraguan border. Novemeber 10 - Honduras departments Colón and Gracias a Dios remain cut off. MODIS observations - November 1: part of Sico Tinto river high. November 6, 8, 10, 12: parts of Aguan river high. November 8: Flooding south of Coco river in Nicaragua. November 15 - most of Auguan river still high. |
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| 153 | India | Southern India Tamil Nadu - Salem, Namakkal, Karur and Erode. Tiruchirapalli. Vellore, Perambalur, Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, Dharmapuri, Madurai, Villupuram, Krishnagiri. Srirangam.Madras (Chennai). Cuddalore. Prakasham and Ongole. Sirkazhi, Kollidam, Velankanni, Tiruvarur. Melapalayam. Union Territory Pondicherry,Karaikal Karnataka - Bangalore.Mysore. Andhra Pradesh - Nellore, Chittoor, Visakhapatanam. Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Kadapa and Nellore districts. Vempalle |
Cauvery, Coleroon, Palar, Pennar, Papaghni, Nagavali and Vamsadhara. Bhavani | 23-Oct-05 | 9-Dec-05 | 48 | 279 | 300,000 | Monsoonal rain | 50 | 1 | 131,300 | 14.0 | Heavy rains from low pressure system in Bay of Bengal. Crops and
homes destroyed in Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
states. Rain in October and early November subsided, then more monsoonal
storms hit between November 21 and 24. October 29 - Train accident caused by washed out tracks kills at least 114 in Velugonda in Andhra Pradesh. Tamil Nadu - 160 dead. 200,000 evacuated. More than 1,900 homes washed away in Tamil Nadu. Large parts of Chennai (Madras) city under water - 50,000 evacuated from the city. Karnataka - 26 dead. Rainfall breaks 50 year old record for October in Bangalore. Large parts Bangalore city under water. Andhra Pradesh - 21 dead. 5,000 evacuated in Prakasham and Ongole MODIS observations of flooding along coast of Andhra Pradesh north of Madras on October 29, 30, November 2, 4, 8, 11, 13, 15. All observations with lots of clouds around. Good view of receding Andhra Pradesh coast floods on November 16, 18. |
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| 152 | Vietnam | Central Vietnam provinces: Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Gia Lai, Quang Tri. | Ba river | 20-Oct-05 | 28-Oct-05 | 9 | 67 | 1,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 15,000 | 28,850 | 3.7 | Heavy rains cause flash floods. 15,000 hectares crops
submerged. Binh Dinh - 12 dead. 3,200 houses damaged. $5 million in damages. More than 3,700 hectares rice damaged. 250 houses submerged. Quang Ngai -5 dead. 412 houses submerged. 1,511 hectares agriculture submerged. Damages $160,000 USD |
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| 151 | Haiti and Dominican Republic - Tropical Storm Alpha | Haiti - Anse Rouge, Hinche, Grande Anse, Jacmel, Leogane,
Guaricanos, Carrefour, Port-au-Prince, Gressier, Anse a Pitre, Dame Marie,
Irois Dominican Republic - Puerto Plata |
Haiti - Riviere Froide | 23-Oct-05 | 26-Oct-05 | 4 | 26 | 1,500 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 12,260 | 1.5 | Tropical Storm Alpha dumps up to 38 cm rain on parts of
Hispaniola. Rivers already high and soils saturated due to Hurricane
Wilma. Haiti - 17 dead. Floods and mudslides destroyed at least 400 homes. Dominican Republic - 9 dead. 1,000 in shelters. 6 dead in Puerto Plata. |
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| 150 | Italy | Puglia (Apulia) - Bari and Taranto area | 23-Oct-05 | 24-Oct-05 | 2 | 6 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,200 | 0.2 | Torrential rains cause flash floods and landslides. 161 mm rain
in 3 hours - more rain than the Apulia region gets in one year. Damage to
railways, roads and bridges. "exceptional climatic event which can only happen once in a hundred years." |
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| 149 | India | West Bengal State - East Midnapore, South 24 Parganas, Burdwan and
Nadia. Howrah.Sunderbans, Kolkata
city Orissa State - Balasore district: Bhograi, Jaleswar, Basta and Balipat. |
West Bengal - Ichachamati
and tributaries. Orissa - Budhabalanga,Jalaka |
21-Oct-05 | 28-Oct-05 | 8 | 13 | 3,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 29,110 | 3.5 | Unseasonal heavy rains - 180mm in 24 hours in Kolkata city.
Millions of people stranded in villages cut off by floods. 3,000 coastal
villages inundated. 60,000 huts washed away. Many roads washed away. MODIS observation of flooding in Orissa and West Bengal on October 25 |
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| 148 | Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Mexico and USA - Hurricane Wilma | Florida - Florida Keys, Naples. Collier County. Marco Island.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Mexico - Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel Island, Isla Mujeres Western Cuba - Provinces:Pinar del Rio, La Habana and Ciudad Habana. Isle of Youth. Guanahacabibes: Cabo de San Antonio. Guanimar, Baracoa, Havana area. Jamaica - parishs: St. Thomas, St. Catherine, Trelawny, Kingston, St. Andrew Haiti - Departments: South, South East and Grande Anse. Tiburon |
19-Oct-05 | 25-Oct-05 | 7 | 24 | 100,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 47,850 | 4.3 | 20052981600Fla148M2.36 | Florida - 5 dead. Estimated losses from $2 to $9 billion. Key
West 40% underwater from storm surge. Mexico - 6 dead. Yucatan peninsula - 7 dead. 74,000 evacuated ahead of the storm. Cuba - 640,000 evacuated from western part of the island ahead of the storm. 360,000 homeless. Storm surge flooding in Havana area. Jamaica - 1 dead, 100 evacuated. Severe weather associated with Wilma since October 16. Widespread flooding and landslides Haiti - 12 dead. floods and landslides MODIS observation of flooding in southern Florida on October 25, 26, 27. |
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| 147 | Indonesia | Southeast Aceh - Seumadam
or Semadam district - Lawe Beringan, Semadam Awal. Aceh Tenggara
District Malang District, East Java - Tirtoyudo, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Dampit and Ampilgading |
Simpang | 18-Oct-05 | 19-Oct-05 | 2 | 28 | 12,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,460 | 0.3 | Flash floods. Over 900 homes destroyed near Simpang river. 12,000 evacuated. 3,700 displaced. | |||||||
| 146 | Spain | Catalonia - Girona region: Vilanova de la Muga, Sant Antoni de Calonge. Barcelona. Costa Brava region. | Ridaura, Calonge | 13-Oct-05 | 15-Oct-05 | 3 | 4 | Heavy rain | 1 | 4,080 | 0.7 | Heaviest rains in 30 years - 300mm rain in 24 hours ends worst drought in 50 years in Catalonia. Several rivers overflowed, towns submerged. | ||||||||
| 145 | UK | Southern Scotland - Hawick, Borders, Dumfries, Galloway, Lothian, Edinburgh, Newcastleton. | Teviot, Nith, Tweed, Liddle | 12-Oct-05 | 14-Oct-05 | 3 | 2 | Heavy rain | 1 | 8,930 | 1.0 | More than one months rain in a day in southern Scotland. Worst floods in 20 years in Hawick, 200 buildings inundated, water up to 4 feet deep. Floods in Newcastleton almost as high as 1991. | ||||||||
| 144 | US | Sw New
Hampshire - Cheshire County - Keene, Alstead,
Stoddard, Unity, Hinsdale, Walpole. Vermont - Brattleboro, Guilford Massachusetts - Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Greenfield, Northbridge, Worcester and Southbridge New Jersey - Spring Lake, Wayne, Little Falls. Oakland. Pompton Lakes. Westwood, Bound Brook, Lodi Bergen County Connecticut - Tolland County, eastern Windham County, western Hartford County |
New Hampshire - Cold River,
North Branch River, Little Sugar River Massachusetts - Housatonic, Merrimack, Blackstone New Jersey - Ramapo, Passaic, Saddle, Pompton Connecticut - Connecticut river. Natchaug |
8-Oct-05 | 17-Oct-05 | 10 | 11 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 25 | 2 | 38,290 | 9.0 | US northeast receives up to 11 inches of rain. New Hampshire - 3 dead, 4 missing. 1,000 evacuated. Worst flooding in 25 years. One third of Keene under water. 36 homes destroyed and 24 damaged in Alstead after Lake Warren dam overflowed. Vermont - 200 evacuated. Massachusetts - 500 evacuated. 70 homeless in Greenfield. Connecticut - 2 dead. Levels higher than major flood of 1955. |
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| 143 | Vietnam | Central Vietnam provinces: Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue, Quang Ngai | Ben Hai | 7-Oct-05 | 11-Oct-05 | 5 | 17 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 8,370 | 1.5 | 25,000 houses in three provinces flooded with up to 1.5 meters
water. Estimated 15 million dollars damage. 3,700 families evacuated from Quang Binh. "water level at rivers in Quang Tri was 17.43 metres, 2.28m higher than the record flood recorded in 1992" |
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| 142 | Bangladesh | Northern Bangladesh districts: Naogaon, Joypurhat, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Dinajpur. Badarganj | Jamuneshwari, Chhoto Jamuna | 3-Oct-05 | 22-Oct-05 | 20 | 19 | 100,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 22,570 | 4.5 | Late Monsoon rains. 100,000 marooned. Dozens of villages
inundated. 200,000 hectares crops damaged. 10,000 homeless families in
Rangpur region. MODIS observations of flooding on Jamuna (Lower Bramaputra) tributaries in nw Bangladesh on October 7, 9, 10, 11, 12. |
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| 141 | China | Shaanxi Province - 11 counties and districts of Weinan city. | Weihe River (Yellow tributary) | 3-Oct-05 | 6-Oct-05 | 4 | 16 | 359,000 | $ 60,490,000 | Heavy rain | 10 | 1 | 180,000 | 12,380 | 1.5 | Worst flooding on the Weihe in 10 years. 359,000 evacuated.
180,000 ha inundated. 12,000 houses flooded. MODIS observations of high levels on the Weihe river October 7, 8, 9, 10. |
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| 140 | China - Typhoon Longwang | Fujian Province - Fuzhou area. | 2-Oct-05 | 6-Oct-05 | 5 | 95 | $ 148,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 60,000 | 13,900 | 1.9 | Typhoon Longwang brings floods and mudslides. 59 police trainees killed in mudslide near Fuzhou. 5,400 homes destroyed. damages 60,000 hectares crops. 730,000 evacuated ahead of the storm from coastal areas. Flood water 2 meters deep in Fuzhou city. | ||||||
| 139 | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico - Tropical Storm Stan | El Salvador - San Salvador, Lourdes, Chaparral, Ateos,San Marcos, Santa Tecla, El Chaparral, La
Libertad Guatemala - departments: San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Solola, Totonicapan, Suchitepequez, Rethaluhleu, Chimaltenango, Sacatepequez, Huehetenango and Escuintla. towns: Quetzaltenango, Chiquimulia, Solola, San Lucas Toleman, Pathulul, Santiago Atitlan, Panabaj, Tyanchaj Nicargua - provinces: Matagalpa, Leon, Chinandega (Villanueva, Somotillo), Granada, Managua. Waspan region., Tecpan. Honduras - Sula valley, Potrerillos and San Manuel. Choluteca. Valle Department - Nacaome and Alianza. Southern Mexico - Chiapas (Tapachula, Chicomuselo, Acacoyagua). Guerrero, Oaxaca (Tuxtepec, Ostuta), Veracruz, Tabasco. Costa Rica - Guanacaste, Quepos in Puntarenas. |
El Salvador - Acelhuate,
Lempa, Paz Guatemala - Nahualate River Mexico - Coatan, Jamapa, Tlalixcoyan, Atlahuilco, Motozintla Honduras - Ulúa River |
1-Oct-05 | 16-Oct-05 | 16 | 2000 | 250,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 2 | 211,300 | 25.5 | 20051011Guat139R51857 20051010Guat139R51849 20051007ElSal139R51806 20052851630Guat139m2.57 20052831645GuaMex139M2.53 20052831945SMex139Ma2.53 20052811655Chiapas139M2.63 20052811655Oaxaca139M2.66 |
El Salvador - 72 dead. 54,000
evacuated. Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains from Tropical Storm
Stan. Most of El Salvador's rivers are overflowing. Guatemala - 1500 dead. 840 missing. 120,000 homeless. Floods and landslides. Thousands dead after towns of Panabaj and Tzanchaj are wiped out by mudslides. Flooding in more than 515 communities.US$207 million agriculture damages. Nicaragua - 12 dead. 876 evacuated. Honduras - 4 dead. Mexico - 42 dead, 331,000 evacuated. 2,254 houses destroyed. Chiapas, Mexico - 14 dead. 36,000 evacuated. Coatan River overflows in Tapachula, Chiapas, 8,000 homes destroyed. Oaxaca, Mexico - 3 dead. 80,000 evacuated. 20,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Veracruz, Mexico - 6 dead. 15,000 evacuated. 40,000 hectares crops destroyed. MODIS observations of flooding along coast of Chiapas and Oaxaca on October 8, 10. Flooding along coast of El Salvador on October 14. Flooding Usumacinta and Papaloapan rivers in Veracruz and Tabasco on October 10, 12, 14 |
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| 138 | China | Hubei Province -
Shiyan Shaanxi Province - Xixinag county, Hanzhong city and 11 surrounding counties |
Hanjiang river (Yangtze tributary) | 29-Sep-05 | 6-Oct-05 | 8 | 2 | 24,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 29,520 | 3.6 | Most severe flooding on Hanjiang River in 20 years. Several counties around city of Shiyan cut off. 140,000 people affected by flooding around Hazhong in Shaanxi. 890 houses destroyed and US$ 80.5 million damages in Shaanxi. | |||||||
| 137 | Mauritania | South central Mauritania - provinces: Tgant, Assaba, Gorgol. Towns: Boumdid Zoual | Tributaries of the Senegal river. | 27-Sep-05 | 7-Oct-05 | 11 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 2 | 147,100 | 18.4 | Heavy rains cause floods that wash away several villages.
Thousands stranded. 'Leftah' dam destroyed. "biggest catastrophe the
country has witnessed for decades" "such torrential floods and deep
waters have not been witnessed for a long time" MODIS observation of flooding along upper Senegal tributaries in Mauritania on September 30, October 2, 3, 4, 7. |
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| 136 | Canada | Western Newfoundland - Stephenville, Kippens, Reidville | Blanche Brook | 27-Sep-05 | 29-Sep-05 | 3 | 0 | 200 | Heavy rain | 1 | 330 | 0.2 | More than 150mm of rain in about 12 hours. Two rivers overflow in Stephenville. Hundreds evacuated. 200 houses flooded. Worst flooding since at least 1965. Damage to roads. | |||||||
| 135 | Mexico | Southern Mexico - Chiapas and Oaxaca. | 26-Sep-05 | 29-Sep-05 | 4 | 3 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 62,550 | 3.5 | Chiapas - 2,000 evacuated. Oaxaca - 1,000 evacuated. |
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| 134 | Nigeria | Yobe State - Nguru area. Birnin Nguru, Aroro and Ganga. Zabarmawa | Hadejia tributaries | 26-Sep-05 | 29-Sep-05 | 4 | 1,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 11,550 | 1.5 | 300 households from 4 villages homeless. Agricultural damage. Nguru city flooded, similar flood happened in the city in 2003. | ||||||||
| 133 | Sudan | Red Sea State - Port Sudan. | 29-Aug-05 | 6-Sep-05 | 9 | 5 | 9,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 40,660 | 4.4 | Port Sudan - 5 dead. 2,950 houses damaged or destroyed.
Approximately 156,000 people affected, 17,000 severely affected (lost homes
and belongings). MODIS observations of flooding of delta south of Port Sudan on August 29 , September 3, 5 |
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| 132 | Nepal | Western Nepal -districts: Kanchanpur, Baitadi, Dadeldhura and Darchula . Towns: Chandani, Dodhara, Temandu. Mahendranagar, Shirsha. | Mahakali, Shirsha, Ragoon | 25-Sep-05 | 2-Oct-05 | 8 | 51 | 1,600 | Monsoonal rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 8,030 | 1.9 | Floods and landslides. Embankment on Mahakali River collapses, 3 dead, 12 missing and 1,500 homeless in Chandani and Mahendranagar. Sirsha village engulfed by floods and landslides, 15 dead, 52 missing. | ||||||
| 131 | China, Vietnam and Thailand - Typhoon Damrey | Southern China - Gunagdong province: Zhanjiang city Hainan Island: Wanning City, Haikou Northern Vietnam - Yen Bai (Cat Thinh in Van Chan district, Tram Tau, Nghia Lo), Nghe An, Phu Tho, Hoa Binh and Lao Cai. Thanh Hoa, Nam Dinh. Northern Thailand - Lampang (Chae Hom, Muang Pan, Lampang city, Thoen), Chiang Mai (Saraphee, Chiang Dao, Mae Taeng, Fang, Muang), Chiang Rai (Muang, Wiang Pa Pao,Mae Suay), Phayao, Mae Hong Son and Phrae (Long). Yasothon (Mahachanachai), Ubon Ratchathani |
Thailand - Ping, Chi, Korn
and Lao, Kok, Wang Vietnam - Ca |
26-Sep-05 | 6-Oct-05 | 11 | 104 | 470,000 | $ 1,500,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 40 | 2 | see notes | 492,000 | 33.6 | 20052740640aNThai131Ma2.58 | Strongest typhoon to hit Hainan since 1974. Hainan - 25 dead, 170,000 evacuated. 20,000 homes destroyed. 704,000 hectares of cropland ruined. 380 kilometers roads damaged. Guangdong - 16,000 people were evacuated in Zhanjiang city. Vietnam - Damrey comes ashore September 27. 63 dead. 337,000 evacuated. Flash flooding and landslides following Typhoon Damrey in northern Vietnam. 54 kilometers of sea dikes destroyed. 10,000 houses destroyed. Flooding in Nam Dinh city. 60,000 hectares crops inundated. WOrst flooding in Cat Thinh in Yen Bai in 40 years. Thailand - 10 dead. 2,000 evacuated. Mae Pa Jum dam burst flooding more than 500 houses and over 2,000 rai of farmland. Worst floods in Lampang province for 10 years. MODIS observation of high levels on the Ca river in Nghe An September 30, October 1. Ca river much lower by October 3. Flooding in North Thailand Chaing Rai and Phayo areas October 1, 3. Flooding less in Chiang Rai and Phayo areas by October 6. |
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| 130 | USA - Hurricane Rita | Lousiana and Texas Gulf
Coast Lousiana - parishes: Vermilion, Calcasieu, St. Bernard, Terrebonne, Cameron, St. Mary. Towns: Erath, Cameron, Delcambre, Intercoastal, Lake Charles, Chauvin, Abbeville, Holly Beach, Delcambre, Lydia. Pecan Island. Avery Island. Texas - Port Arthur, Lumberton, Beaumont |
Lousiana - Vermilion,
Calcasieu, Mermentau, Amite. Texas - Sabine, Neches |
23-Sep-05 | 1-Oct-05 | 9 | $ 6,000,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 33,400 | 4.0 | 20052691940LaGulf130Ma2.30 20052681725LaGulf130M2.25 20052681855LaGulf130Ma2.30 |
Rita brings heavy rains and storm surge flooding to the Gulf
Coast - flood waters 2 to 12 feet deep up to 30 miles from the coast. 80%
homes flattened in Cameron Parish. 50% homes submerged in Vermilion Parish.
As many as 100,000 homes damaged beyond repair in Lousiana. 2.8 million
people evacuated from Houston and surrounding Gulf Coast areas ahead of Rita.
Between 20,000 and 25,000 cattle killed by Rita in Lousiana. 2,500 people were rescued from Vermilion Parish, 10,000 evacuated from Cameron Parish Vermilion Parish - "What we had is the equivalent of a 500-year flood," 5 to 8 thousand cattle and calves drowned in storm surge or aftermath. September 23 - Storm surge from Rita breached two levees in New Orleans 9th ward. New Orleans 15% flooded. MODIS observations of flooding along the Gulf Coast of Louisana September 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. |
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| 129 | India | Gujarat - districts: Surat, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Panchmahal, Narmada. Towns: Panchmahals, Bharuch, Navsari, Vadodara. Ahmedabad | Vishwamitri, Tapi | 22-Sep-05 | 11-Oct-05 | 20 | 15 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 53,200 | 6.9 | 20052700540Gujar129M2bm | 29 villages evacuated. Floodgates opened on Ajwa dam. MODIS observation of flooding around Ahmedabad on September 25, October 1, 2. Flooding west of Bharuch on September 27, 29, October 1, 2 Less flooding by October 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. |
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| 128 | Romania and Bulgaria | Black Sea Coast Romania - Constanta county - Costinesti, Tuzla, Constanta and Mangalia. Buzau - Maracineni Ialomita -Barbulesti, Slobozia Prahova - Bucharest area. Bulgaria - regions: Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Gabrovo, Veliko Turnovo, Sliven and Yambol. towns: Shabla, Dalgo Pole, Trud |
Romania - Prahova and Ialomita rivers. Arges | 21-Sep-05 | 9-Oct-05 | 19 | 10 | Heavy rain | 1 | 29,370 | 5.0 | 20052770900Rom128M2bm 20052711115RomArg128Ma2.41 |
Romania - Heavy rains along Black Sea coast floods hundred of
homes up to 3 meters deep. 8 dead, 1 missing.
Many towns and villages submerged. 10,000 homes damaged. US$1.8
billion damages. "Costinesti Mayor Traian Cristea said it was the worst flooding the area had experienced" Bulgaria - 2 dead in flooding of town of Shabla MODIS observations of high levels on the Arges and Prahova rivers on September 28, October 3, 4, 5. Prahova still has high levels October 7, 9 |
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| 127 | Vietnam - Tropical Storm Vicente | Thanh
Hoa province - Nghe An province - Ha Tinh province - |
Ca, Giang | 18-Sep-05 | 24-Sep-05 | 7 | 8 | 8,500 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 10,780 | 2.0 | 20052650345NViet127M2.39 | Thanh Hoa - 8,500 evacuated, 1,200 houses destroyed or
damaged. Ha Tinh - 3,500 homes submerged. 17,000 hectares crops destroyed. 450 households evacuated. Nghe An - 2 dead. "dozens of thousands of hectares of crops were damaged" MODIS observations of new water along the coasts of Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces on September 19, 21, 22. Flooding on Ca river in Nghe An on September 22, much less by the 24th. |
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| 126 | India | Uttar
Pradesh - Muzaffarnagar district. Meerut. Mawana district. Moradabad
district: Mundapandey and Thakurdwara. Uttaranchal - Udhamsingh Nagar city. Bhojpur, Himachal Pradesh - |
Ganges tributaries. Ganga Canal, Ramganga, Kosi and Dhela. Ghaghra, Sarda, | 16-Sep-05 | 5-Oct-05 | 20 | 23 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 308,700 | 16.6 | 20052720525UGang126M2bm 20052700540UGang126M2bm 20052630535UGang126M2bm |
Late monsoon rains cause floods and landslides. Himachal Pradesh -7 dead, 4 injured. Uttar Pradesh - 6 dead. 32 villages in Muzaffarnagar district devasted by floods from Ganga canal. 500 families homeless. Uttaranchal - landslides. September 29 - 7 dead in Moradabad area from Ramganga flooding. MODIS observation of high levels on the upper Ganges tributaries including Ghaghra in Uttar Pradesh on September 19, 20, 21. Upper Ganges and Ramganga even higher levels September 26, 27, 28, 29, Rivers subsiding September 30, October 1, 5. |
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| 125 | Philippines - Tropical Storm Damrey | Luzon - Manila area - Muntinlupa.
Laguna de Bay. Quezon - Infanta, General Nakar, Real. Pampanga -Candaba, Aurora, San Simon. Aurora - Dingalan, Nueva Ecija - Gabaldon. Rizal - Angono. Marikina. Bicol - Camalig, Catanduanes Ilocos Norte - Laoag City |
Pampanga, Danglan, Agos, Pangil, Marikina, Pasong Diablo, Cupang, Padsan | 15-Sep-05 | 27-Sep-05 | 13 | 16 | 8,000 | Monsoonal rain | Tropical cyclone | 1 | 12,980 | 2.9 | Seasonal monsoon aggravated by a low pressure system brings
several days heavy rain causing floods and landslides. Followed by Tropical
Storm Damrey on September 20. September 17 - 27,748 individuals affected by the floods and landslides on Luzon. Damage to bridges and dams. 43 villages in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija under water. September 21 - 8,000 displaced from Bicol towns and cities by flooding. 242 hectares farmland damaged in Bicol. September 23 - 3,000 families from 6 towns displaced in Ilocos Norte by flooding MODIS observation of flooding in Pampanga area on September 18, 25, 27. |
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| 124 | Senegal | Dakar area. | 20-Aug-05 | 10-Sep-05 | 22 | 5,600 | see notes | Heavy rain | 20 | 1 | 330 | 0.6 | Heaviest rains in Dakar in two decades. Worst affected were
Pikine and Guediawaye shanty towns outside Dakar. Worst floods in 20 years in
Senegals suburbs. "reconstruction required after the floods would cost some 45 billion CFA francs" MODIS observations of seasonal high levels on the Senegal river begin in mid August. |
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| 123 | India | Andhra Pradesh - districts: Khammam, East Godavari, West Godavari,
Yerrakalva, Krishna, Nizamabad, Karimnagar. Kottagudem. Vijayawada.
Konaseema. Nidadavole and Tadepalligudem. Chhattisgarh state - Rajnandgaon and Durg districts. Orissa state - Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur Maharashtra state - districts: Bhandara, Gondia, Nagpur.Bagalkot and Bijapur districts. Madhya Pradesh - districts: Balaghat, Katni, Jabalpur and Seoni. Karnataka - Bidar district. |
Krishna, Ghataprabha and
Malaprabha Budhabalanga, Subarnarekha and Baitarani. Mahanadi and Kathajod. Shivnath. Banganga. Manjra. Munneru, Wyra, Kattaleru, Budameru Godavari and Krishna rivers and tributaries Wainganga |
14-Sep-05 | 30-Sep-05 | 17 | 89 | 550,000 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | see notes | 312,900 | 15.8 | 20052690500LGod123M2.41 20052670510GodKri123M2.44 20052660730Oris123Ma2.45 20052650525LKris123M2bm 20052600505Goda123M2.43 |
Chhattisgarh -9 dead. 250,000 homeless. 835 villages in
Durg and Rajnandgaon districts inudated. Orissa - 6 dead. 50,000 people affected by flooding. 100 villages marooned. Maharashtra - 100,000 evacuated from 200 villages flooded when water was released from Raju Sagar dam in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh state. Andhra Pradesh - 74 dead, 200,000 displaced or homeless. 111,288 hectares crops destroyed. 77,000 homes destroyed. MODIS observation of high levels on Godavari tributary Wainganga in Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh on September 17. Lower Krishna river and delta wet on September 22, 24. Flooding on Godavari decreasing by September 26. Flooding near Orissa coast on September 23, 24. |
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| 122 | Afghanistan | Eastern Afghanistan - Konar
(Kunar) Province - Ghaziabad district Nangarhar province. |
11-Sep-05 | 12-Sep-05 | 2 | 12 | Heavy rain | 1 | 3,200 | 0.4 | Heavy rains cause flooding, agricultural damage. | |||||||||
| 121 | China - Typhoon Khanun | Zhejiang province - Qinglin near Ningbo. Taizhou, Wehshou. Shanghai area Jiangsu province - Suzhou and Wuxi |
11-Sep-05 | 13-Sep-05 | 3 | 16 | 1,350,000 | $ 849,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 2,250,000 | 84,370 | 3.2 | Strongest typhoon to hit China this year - Typhoon Khanun causes
flooding and landslides. Shanghai - 1,000 families flooded. 160,000 residents evacuated. Zhejiang - 7,468 houses destroyed. 810,000 evacuated.US$ 849 million economic losses. 2.25 million hectares cropland damaged. |
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| 120 | Vietnam and Cambodia | Mekong Delta area Vietnam - Long An province - districts: Tan Hung, Vinh Hung and Moc Hoa. Other provinces - Dong Thap, An Giang, Kien Giang. Cambodia - Kratie, Kampong Cham, Kandal Prey Veng, Siem Reap. |
Mekong (Cuu Long), Tien, Hau | 8-Sep-05 | 1-Nov-05 | 55 | 69 | 30,000 | $ 15,500,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 154,800 | 15.8 | Vietnam - 53 dead. 4,500 houses flooded. 30,000 evacuated.
21,500 hectares crops damaged. Cambodia - 16 dead in annual Mekong flooding. 10,000 hectares rice fields destroyed. October 25 - floods in Mekong delta slowly receding. MODIS observations of seasonal flooding of the Lower Mekong began in mid August. |
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| 119 | France | Gard and Herault areas. Nimes. Lunel and Montpellier | 7-Sep-05 | 9-Sep-05 | 3 | 0 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 9,810 | 1.1 | 20052521045SFra119M2.35 | Severe floods cause extensive damage, thousands evacuated.
Thousands of houses and businesses were flooded. MODIS observation of flooding west of lower Rhone river on September 9 near Nimes. |
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| 118 | Japan and South Korea - Typhoon Nabi | Japan - Kyushu and Shikoku: Miyazaki (Takachiho), Kagoshima
(Tarumizu), Tokushima (Ishii), Oita and Yamaguchi (Iwakuni)
prefectures. Tokyo area - Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama prefectures South Korea - Ulsan, Pohang, Gyeongju. Ulleung Island |
Zenpukujigawa, Kandagawa, Myoshogawa, Shakujiigawa, Myoshojigawa | 4-Sep-05 | 9-Sep-05 | 6 | 22 | 301,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 36,830 | 3.4 | September 4-5 - Heavy rains triggered by Typhoon Nagi cause
flooding in Tokyo area killing 1 and flooding more than 2,900 houses. September 6 - Typhoon Nagi lands in Kyushu causing flooding and mudslides. Japan - 21 dead, 6 missing, 300,000 evacuated. Mudslides and flooding. 2,000 houses destroyed, 17,000 houses flooded. More than 130 cm of rain over 3 days in parts of Kyushu. US$36.9 million agricultural damages on Kyushu. South Korea - 1 dead, 4 missing, 1,100 evacuated. |
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| 117 | Taiwan and China - Typhoon Talim | Eastern China Anhui Province - counties: Yuexi, Jinzhai. Dabieshan mountains. Fujian Province - Cangnan area, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Putian. Zhejiang Province - Wenzhou area. Jiangxi -Jiujiang Taiwan - Tainan county. Hualien, Pingtung |
1-Sep-05 | 4-Sep-05 | 4 | 129 | 1,840,000 | $ 960,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | 188,700 | 6.0 | Taiwan - 3 dead, 59 injured. $ 85 million in farm losses China - Talim strikes September 1 causing flooding and landslides. 129 dead, 30 missing. 1.84 million people evacuated. 62,000 houses collapsed, 171,000 were damaged. 1.27 million ha of crops affected and 261,000 ha of crops lost.US$960 million damages. 11,789 houses destroyed in Wenzhou area. 76 dead and 457,000 evacuated in Anhui province. |
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| 116 | Nigeria | Jigawa State - Kirikasanma, Rin-gim, Babura, Jahun and
Dutse. Bauchi State - Doguwa Taraba State - Jalingo, Wukari Yobe State - Turmi in Fika. |
Jigawa, Bauchi, Yobe -
Hadejia river and tributaries. Taraba - Benue river and tributaries, Jalingo. |
7-Aug-05 | 16-Sep-05 | 41 | 3 | 7 | Heavy rain | 1 | 159,500 | 14.8 | September 6 - Floods continue in Jigawa - 3 dead, 5000 houses
destroyed. Thousands displaced. 30 villages washed away. Seasonal flooding on Hadejia and Benue rivers began in early August. August 12 - 400 houses destroyed by floods in Jigawa state. August 7 - bridge collapse on flooded Benue tributary in Jalingo kills over 50. 200 people living in camps from flooding by August 14 in Taraba state. MODIS observations of high levels on the Hadejia river on August 20, 27, September 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14. High levels on the upper and middle Benue river on August 18, 22, 27, September 5, 12 |
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| 115 | Australia | Northern Tasmania - Deloraine, Launceston, Breona, Liffey, Corra Lin, Latrobe | Meander, North Esk, Mersey, Tamar | 30-Aug-05 | 3-Sep-05 | 5 | 0 | Heavy rain | 8 | 1 | 8,210 | 1.5 | Storms dump 240mm rain on northern Tasmania in 24 hours. Town of Deloraine under water. Worst flooding in region in 8 years. Biggest flood in Deloraine for 24 years. | |||||||
| 114 | USA - Hurricane Katrina | Gulf of Mexico coast Lousiana - New Orleans, Slidell, St. Bernard Parish Mississippi - Biloxi, Gulfport, Harrison County, Pascagoula, Waveland, Bay St. Louis Alabama - Mobile, Bayou La Batre, Dauphin Island, Coden |
Pascagoula, Mobile, Pearl | 29-Aug-05 | 19-Sep-05 | 22 | 1053 | 500,000 | $ 60,000,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Dam/Levy, break or release | 3 | 50,380 | 20.8 | 20050915p22r39NOrl114L7 20050913170049NOrl114AST 20052521545SFla114M2.38 20050907p22r39NOrl114L5 20050902NOr114Ikon176976 20050902NOr114Ikon1769761 20050902x604288x114SPOT 20050902x604289x114SPOT 20050902x601291x114SPOT 20050902x602288x114SPOT 20050902x602289x114SPOT 20050902x602290x114SPOT 20052431900LaKat114Ma2.36 20052421645LaKat114M2.36 20050830p22r39LPont114L7 |
Katrina makes landfall in Gulfport, Mississippi - deadliest
hurricane to hit the United States since 1928 Louisiana - 972 dead as of October 4. New Orleans 80% inundated after several levees burst around Lake Ponchartrain, water up to 20 feet deep in places.It may take weeks to pump floodwaters out of the city. Estimated 160,000 homes in New Orleans will be unsalvageable. "The city will not be functional for two or three months." "Minimum, hundreds. Most likely, thousands," people dead in New Orleans. Mississippi - 218 confirmed deaths. Alabama -2 dead. Flooding in Mobile reached 11 feet deep - same as record from 1917. Georgia - 2 dead, Florida - 14 dead. Damage expected to be many billions of dollars. "Katrina shut down an estimated 95 percent of crude production and 88 percent of natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico" MODIS observation of flooding around Lake Ponchartrain on August 30, 31. |
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| 113 | India | Uttar Pradesh - Azamgarh area | 26-Aug-05 | 30-Aug-05 | 5 | 21 | Heavy rain | 1 | 12,680 | 1.8 | 20052420515UPGang113M2.39 20052410740UtPra113Ma2.44 |
Heavy rains on upper reaches of Ghaghra and Saryu rivers cause
flash flooding of Tons tributary in Azamgarh. 21 dead and 6 missing. 737
villages evacuated. Inhabitants of 250 villages marooned. 800,000 people
affected. MODIS observation of new flooding in the Azamgarh area on August 27, 28, 29, 30. |
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| 112 | Mexico | Veracruz (San Andres
Tuxtla, Chiniapan de Arriba, Salto de Eyipantla,Jalapa, Santa Maria La Victoria). Michoacan (Aguililla). Oaxaca. Puebla |
Michoacan - Aguililla Veracruz - Chihuapan |
21-Aug-05 | 30-Aug-05 | 10 | 30 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 242,700 | 11.3 | Veracruz - 11 dead. Landslides and flooding. Michoacan - 6 dead. Towns villages and farmland flooded. Pubela - 2,500 families homeless. Oaxaca - State of Flood emergency declared. MODIS observations of high levels on Papaloapan, Rio La Trinidad and Coatzacoacoas rivers in Veracruz August 26, 28, 30. |
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| 111 | Switzerland, Austria, Germany | Switzerland - Bern, Brienz, Lucerne, Schwys, Uri and Obwalden.
Graubuenden, Engelberg, Oey-Diemtigen, Thun. Austria - Provinces: Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Styria, Carinthia. Paznau valley. Linz, Korneuburg, Ischgl, Galtur, Gargellen. Germany - Bavaria state: Erding, Freising, Regensburg, Kelheim, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Neu-Ulm, Rosenheim. |
Danube and tributaries
including Isar, Enns, Inn Rhine tributaries including Landquart, Aare |
21-Aug-05 | 26-Aug-05 | 6 | 12 | 2,500 | $ 790,000,000 | Heavy rain | 100 | 3 | 44,950 | 11.4 | 20052361225Germ111Ma2.54 | Switzerland - 6 dead, 2,500 evacuated. 300 evacuated from Bern.
Thun, Brienz and Biel lakes at danger levels. Several areas report heaviest
rainfall on record. Austria - 4 dead. Germany - 1 dead. US$122 million damages. "economic losses from the flooding could reach $791 million in Switzerland, Austria and Germany" (Swiss Reinsurance) "worst floods in Central Europe for a century" MODIS observation of flooding south of Munich on August 24. |
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| 110 | Ethiopia | Southern Ethiopia - Oromiya region, Gara Leman area. Jimma and Yayyu districts | Awash and Meki. Ghibe | 20-Aug-05 | 7-Sep-05 | 19 | 3 | 7,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 52,560 | 6.8 | Heavy rains cause Awash and Meki rivers to overflow leaving
thousands homeless. MODIS observations of flooding along Awash river near Lake Koka on August 20, 22, 29. September 5, 7 |
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| 109 | Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Bulgaria | Romania - Harghita: (Odorheiu Secuiesc), Mures, Dolj: (Plosca),
Bacau, Vrancea, Galati, Braila,
Bistrita, Gorj. Suceava: (Gura Humorului,Voronet,
Vatra Dornei, Cajvana), Cluj. Moldova - Chisinau and Balti. districts: Edinet, Criuleni, Briceni, Nisporeni, Riscani. Eastern Hungary - Sziksz Bulgaria - Montana |
Upper Siret and
tributaries. Prut and Chevcar |
14-Aug-05 | 2-Sep-05 | 20 | 34 | 2,000 | $ 625,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 68,750 | 7.9 | 20052500915RoPrut109M2.37 20052430910RoPrut109M2.37 20052340915RoSiret109M2.43 |
Romania - 33 dead, 2,000 evacuated. US$313 million damages. 4
meter high flood waves in Harghita county. 800 houses submerged in Odorheiu
Secuiesc. August 20 - 54,000 ha of agricultural lands, 839 ha of grasslands and 56 ha of forests are flooded. 5,550 homes flooded. MODIS observation of high levels on upper Siret river and tributaries on August 22, levels much lower by August 29. Prut river high on August 31 through September 7 |
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| 108 | Sierra Leone | Pujehun district - Titonko, Jorma Jargor, Jormah Jaihun | Wanje and Moa Rivers | 14-Aug-05 | 16-Aug-05 | 3 | 20 | 15,000 | Heavy rain | 60 | 2 | 7,730 | 1.9 | Heavy rainstorms cause 2 rivers to burst banks leaving thousands
homeless. 15,000 waiting for help. Worst flooding since 1945. "millions of Leones worth of property destroyed" |
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| 107 | China | Hubei Province - Shiyan, Xiangfan and Suizhou. Danjiangkou. | Han river and tributaries. Wenjia. | 14-Aug-05 | 5-Sep-05 | 23 | 28 | 14,500 | 1 | 43,680 | 6.6 | Rainstorms cause flooding and landslides. 2,200 houses collapsed
in Shiyan city. August 30 - continuous flooding in Shiyan city. 28 dead September 5 - 12,000 evacuated from an area near a failing dike near the Dahong Mountain reservoir on the Wenjia River. MODIS observations of high levels on the Han river August 24, 25, 26 |
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| 106 | China | Liaoning
Province - Tieling, Fushun, Shenyang, Benxi, Jinzhou, Huludao and Chaoyang.
Qingyuan county Jilin Province - |
13-Aug-05 | 20-Aug-05 | 8 | 15 | 206,000 | $ 913,000,000 | Heavy rain | 10 | 1 | 326,000 | 85,860 | 6.1 | Liaoning - Torrential rainstorms cause floods that kill 15,
leave 32 missing. 188,000 homeless. 26,000 homes destroyed. 326,000 hectares
of crops ruined. 68 reservoirs overflow. Most serious flood since 1995. Jilin - 1 dead. 332 houses, 16,100 hectares of crops and 46.1 km of highways destroyed. 181,600 people in 75 towns affected. 24.7 million US dollars damages. MODIS observation of high levels on lower Liao river around Fushun on August 18, 20. |
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| 105 | Vietnam | Nghe An province | 13-Aug-05 | 16-Aug-05 | 4 | 13 | Heavy rain | 1 | 14,790 | 1.7 | Storms cause flooding. 1,300 houses flooded and damaged. More than 10,827 hectares paddy fields inundated. | |||||||||
| 104 | Thailand | Northern Thailand - Chiang Mai - Chang Mai
city. Muang, Chiang Dao, Phrao, San Sai, Doi Saket, Mae Taeng, San Kamphaeng,
Mae Chan, Mae Chaem, San Pa Tong. Mae Hong Son - Pai, Pang Ma Pa, Muang, Khun Yuam. Chang Rai -Pan, Weing Pa Pao, Mae Saruay, Thung, Wieng Pa Pao, Mae Chan and Mae Fa Luang. Phayao - Pong, Dok Kham Tai. Naprang. Lampang - Wang Nua, Jae Hom, Mae Tha, Mae Moh, Muang, Thoen. Nan - Muang, Pua and Ta Wang Pha Tak - Sam Ngao and Ban Tak |
Ping, Yom, Rong Chang, Pai, Lao, Nan, Wang, Mae On, Mae Rad, Huai Mae Pa | 13-Aug-05 | 26-Sep-05 | 45 | 11 | 119,270 | see notes | Monsoonal rain | 40 | 2 | 134,300 | 27.9 | 10 dead, over 20 missing. 60,000 affected in Chiang Mai and Mae
Hong Son provinces. 741 villages inundated as of August 18. Worst flooding in
40 years in Chang Mai city, parts of city under 1 to 2 meters water. 87
bridges, 95 roads, and 18,061 hectares of farmland damaged. Highest levels on
Ping river at Naovarat Bridge in 40 years. August 30 - more heavy rain in northern Thailand. September 13 - new round of flash floods and mudslides in Chiang Mai and Lampung. September 16 - 1,000 families and 15,000 rai of farmland were affected by flooding. September 19-22 Flooding continues in Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Lampang and Phayao from heavy rains from Tropical Storm Vicente. September 25 - Chain Mai city has 2nd major flood, Ping river overflows. MODIS observation of high levels on Lao, Kok, and Ing rivers near Chiang Rai and Phayao on September 22, 24, 26. |
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| 103 | Iran | Northeastern Iran - Golestan province - Kalaleh area | 9-Aug-05 | 11-Aug-05 | 3 | 43 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,500 | 4,900 | 0.8 | Second flood in 2 weeks in this area. 70 villages affected near Kalaleh. 350 families homeless. 1,500 hectares of farmland flooded. | ||||||||
| 102 | Central African Republic | Bangui area, Bambari in Ouaka prefecture, Bwaka Prefecture | Ubangi and tributaries | 8-Aug-05 | 25-Aug-05 | 18 | 1 | 22,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 65,650 | 7.4 | Days of heavy rain leave more than 22,500 homeless in Bangui.
3,500 houses collapsed. August 25 - serious flooding in Bambari. |
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| 101 | China | Xinjiang - Taklamakan Desert, Ruoqiang county. Urumqi | 5-Aug-05 | 14-Aug-05 | 10 | 7 | 230,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 855,800 | 21.3 | Heavy rain since August 5. Flash floods on August 10 in the Taklamakan Desert. 25,000 houses destroyed. 26,000 hectares of crops inundated. Record high rainfall of 53mm in a day in Ruoqiang county. | ||||||||
| 100 | Bulgaria | Southern Bulgaria - Rhodopi Mountains. Sofia District. Pazardzhik, Smolyan, Vratsa, Plovdiv, Pleven. Dolna Banya, Ihtiman, Kostenets, Gorna Malina, Botevgrad, Svoge, and Sofia. | Tributaries of Maritsa (Evros, Meric) | 4-Aug-05 | 11-Aug-05 | 8 | 7 | 12,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 44,210 | 4.4 | Floods and landslides in southern Bulgaria. Hundreds houses
flooded. MODIS observation of high levels on the Iskar river near xxx on August 9. |
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| 99 | Sudan | Sudan - North Darfur State - El-Fasher, Abu Shouk camp | 3-Aug-05 | 19-Aug-05 | 17 | 8 | 8,000 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 163,400 | 11.5 | Heavy rain through July and August in Darfur area. August 3 - Heavy rains flood El Fasher and kill 8, 600 houses destroyed. August 12 - Heavy rains collapse part of Haloof Dam. Thousands of refugees without shelter. MODIS observations of high rivers in Darfur area August 5, 19 (rivers not normally visible to MODIS in Darfur) |
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| 98 | South Korea | North Cholla (Jeolla)
Province - Jeonju, Jeonjoo, Imshil, Jangsu South Cholla (Jeolla) Province - Jindo, Yeounggwang Gangwon Province - Cheorwon North Gyeongsang Province - Youngcheon, Gimcheon Yeongdong, Chungbuk. |
Namdae, Dongjin | 2-Aug-05 | 4-Aug-05 | 3 | 11 | 1,500 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 12,225 | 9,970 | 1.1 | 30 cm rain since August 2 trigger landslides and flash flooding. 13 dead, 5 missing, 1,500 homeless. 12,225 hectares rice fields flooded. 552 houses damaged. | ||||||
| 97 | Turkey | Trabazon Province - Caykara
area Rize Province - Guneyce area |
2-Aug-05 | 3-Aug-05 | 2 | 7 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,670 | 0.3 | Heavy rain causes flash floods and landslides. Flooding damages bridges in several towns. Turkey's Black Sea coast is an area prone to seasonal floods and landslides; | |||||||||
| 96 | Iran | Northeastern Iran - Golestan province - Kalaleh county, Galidagh | 31-Jul-05 | 1-Aug-05 | 2 | 27 | Heavy rain | 1 | 4,580 | 0.5 | Six villages inundated by heavy rain in mountainous region of Galidagh. 27 dead, 25 missing. Damage to houses, roads and farms. | |||||||||
| 95 | India | Orissa State - districts: Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara. Towns: Akhuapada, Pattamundai, Jenapur, Rajkanika | Brahmani, Kharashrota, Baitarani, | 30-Jul-05 | 3-Aug-05 | 5 | 8 | 344,857 | Monsoonal rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | see notes | 11,720 | 1.7 | Bramhmani and Kharashrota rivers breach 23 embankments in Jajpur district marooning 320 villages. 800 houses damaged. 75,780 hectares crops submerged in Bhadrak district. 344,857evacuated. | |||||
| 94 | Philippines | Negros Occidental - San
Enrique, Pulupandan, Pontevedra, Valladolid, Bago City Western Visayas - Jordan in Guimaras. Iloilo city. Laua-an. |
Paliwan | 27-Jul-05 | 30-Jul-05 | 4 | 3 | 32,782 | see notes | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 1,060 | 0.5 | 107 villages flooded in provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental,
Guimaras and Antique. Damages of P28.8 million worth of crops and infrastructure in Negros Occidental. |
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| 93 | India | Karnataka State - Chikmagalur, Shimoga, Harihar, Kodagu
(Bhagamandala, Madikeri, Karadigodu, Talacauvery), Belgaum (Khanapur).
Bijapur, Bagalkot, Hassan, Gulbarga,
Shimoga. Deodurga, Lingsugur, Raichur. Andhra Pradesh State - Telangana region. districts: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal, Kurnool. Hyderabad area. Nizamabad Maharashtra State - Pune, Chandrapur area. Sangli, Kolhapur, Karad, Satara, Patan. Yewatmal (Digras, Nandgavan). Kopargaon |
Krishna and Godavari and
tributaries including Murreduvagu, Pedavagu,
Taliperu, Sabari, Paleru, Chandravankavagu, Sokileru and Kinnerasani.
Penganga, Satnala, . Malaprabha, the Ghataprabha, the Doodhganga and the
Markandeya. Krishna, Bhima and Ghataprabha. Tunga. Koyana, Warna. Tungabhadra,
Bhima, Gokak. Cauvery andtributaries including Lakshmanathirtha |
23-Jul-05 | 16-Aug-05 | 25 | 126 | 100,000 | Monsoonal rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 619,200 | 25.3 | July 9 - dam burst on Ghawanda river in Yewatmal district kills
6 leaves 19 missing in Maharashtra. July 10 - 7 dead, hundreds homeless. 3,000 evacuated from Hyderabad. July 23 - Monsoon rains and flooding continue. 20 dead. 5,000 homeless. August 2 - 5 thousand familes evacuated from 35 villages along Krishna river in Sangli in Maharashtra. August 3 - 10,000 evacuated from 202 villages along Krishna river in Bagalkot and Bijapur in Karnataka. 220 villages in Pune and 50 in Kolhapur isolated by flooding in Maharashtra. Dams along Krishna and its tributaries were put on high alert, water released downriver into Karnataka. Karnataka - 126 dead. 85, 500 evacuated. 83,000 hectares crops destroyed. 1,250 villages flooded. 50,000 houses damaged. Damages $129 million - as of August 5. |
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| 92 | India | Maharashtra State - Konkan region - Mumbai (Bombay) area. Raigad
district (Roha, Mahad , Mangaon, Kondiwate, Roha, Poladpur, Jui). Ratnagiri
district (Khed, Chilun, Alore). Sakinaka. Thane (Mumbra, Kalyan, Badlapur,
Vithalwadi). Goa State - North and South Goa districts. Dicarpale |
Ghawanda, Koyna, Kal,
Savitira, Karad, Pawana, Mithi, Mitha and Mula. Upper reaches of Krishna river. |
24-Jul-05 | 5-Aug-05 | 13 | 987 | 160,000 | $ 3,500,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 700,000 | 35,550 | 4.8 | July 26 - Heavy monsoon rains cause flooding and landslides.
Some areas of Mumbai recieve a record 37.1 inches of rain.150 killed in Raigad district in worst
floods and landslides in 16 years. 400 killed in Mumbai area alone, 969 total
for Maharashtra state. About 76,000 animals have been killed, and 700,000
hectares of land and 283,000 houses have been damaged. 16,000 villages have
been affected by the floods. Mumbai "residents say they have never seen such heavy monsoon falls" Konkan region "entire region was under water and most of the villages looked like islands" $3.45 billion damages in Maharashtra. 225,000 hectares crops in 15 districts destroyed. |
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| 91 | China | Yunnan Province - Xiaocaoba township in Yiliang county | 21-Jul-05 | 22-Jul-05 | 2 | 16 | $ 560,000 | Dam/Levy, break or release | Heavy rain | 1 | 40 | 390 | 0.1 | Several days of heavy rain cause a small dam to collapse. 16 killed and 23 injured. 19 houses and 40 hectares cropland inundated in three villages. | ||||||
| 90 | Malaysia | Borneo - Sabah state - Kota Kinabalu area, Menggatal, Telipok. Villages: Kampung Rampaian, Kampung Tobobon and Kampung Giling | 17-Jul-05 | 19-Jul-05 | 3 | 4 | 600 | Brief torrential rain | 50 | 2 | 1,470 | 0.8 | Heavy rains cause flash floods. Highest water levels in 50 years in Kota Kinabalu area. | |||||||
| 89 | Taiwan and China - Typhoon Haitang | Southern
Taiwan - Pingtung, Kaohsiung. Southeastern China: Zhejiang province - Wenzhou, Pingyang. Fujian province - |
16-Jul-05 | 20-Jul-05 | 5 | 17 | $ 300,000,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | see notes | 12,150 | 1.8 | Taiwan - 8 dead. 40 million US agricultural damages. 15,400
hectares inundated. China - Wenzhou: 16,700 hectares hectares crops damaged. 2,600 houses destroyed. 260 million damages. Pingyang: 800 stranded by flooding. Fujian evacuates 539,000 and Zhejiang 320,000 ahead of the storm. |
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| 88 | China | Anhui Province - | Huaihe River and tributaries: Hongru, Shaying and Wohe | 10-Jul-05 | 18-Jul-05 | 9 | $ 48,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 101,900 | 7.0 | Anhui - 493 houses destroyed, 400,000 hectares of farmland in 20
counties inundated. July 18 - water level on main stream of Huaihe river drops below warning line. MODIS observations of high levels on Huai river on July 10, 17. |
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| 87 | Romania | Eastern Romania -Moldova - counties: Vrancea, Bacau, Galati, Ialomita, Tulcea. Towns: Galati, Bacau, Ivesti, Cosmesti Vale, Nanesti, Lungoci, Namoloasa, Vadu Rosca. | Siret, Trotus | 12-Jul-05 | 28-Jul-05 | 17 | 23 | 13,000 | $ 800,000,000 | Heavy rain | 30 | 2 | 40,040 | 11.3 | 20052000930RoSiret087M2.40 20051970900RoSiret087M2.40 |
Romania - 581 villages, towns and cities have been flooded, most
of them in the county of Vrancea. Worst floods in 30 years. Water 3 meters
high in Ivesti. 11,000 homes inundated, 700 homes destroyed. 8,600 evacuated.
94,000 ha farmland flooded. 379 bridges damaged or destroyed. Record levels
on Siret river. Damages almost 1 billion euros. MODIS observation of flooding on lower Siret river on July 16, 18, 19, 23 Floods begin receding July 25, 26, 28. |
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| 86 | Japan | Kyushu - Oita Prefecture: Kokonoe, Hita. Nagasaki Prefecture: Isahaya. Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures. | Watauchigawa river | 10-Jul-05 | 11-Jul-05 | 2 | 4 | 600 | Heavy rain | 1 | 23,380 | 1.1 | Torrential rain causes floods and mudslides in northern Kyushu. 4 dead, 150 houses flooded. | |||||||
| 85 | India, Bangladesh and Nepal | India: Assam - Majuli, Didrugarh,
Jorhat, Sonitpur, Sivasagar. Districts: Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh,
Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Morigaon. Dhubri, Goalpara, Barpeta. Arunachal Pradesh - Lohit and Anjaw, Yingkiong, Changlang, Seppa, Anini, Roing & Along Uttar Pradesh - Bahraich, Shrawasti, Banda, Ballia, Pallia Kalan, Kanpur, Varanasi. Ankinghat, Mainpuri. Uttaranchal - Saini, Uttarkashi district. Badhkot, Dehran Dun Bihar - districts: Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Madhubani. West Bengal - Birbhum district. Bangladesh: Kurigram, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Sherpur. Sirajgangi, Sirajganj, Jamalpur, Bogra, Dhaka, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Madaripur. Nepal: districts - Banke, Sunsari |
India: Brahmaputra and
tributaries. Lohit, Dikhow, Jai Bharati, Puthimari, Subansairi, Dhansiri,
Durra, Burhi-Dehing, Kundli, Jiyadhol, Lali and Siang, Barak. Ganges and tributaries. Baghmati, Ganga, Sharda, Gandak, Yamuna, Varuna, Nagwa nullah, Kane, Kosi, Bagmati, Kamla, Budi Gandak, Rapti, Ghaghra, Gomti, Ken, Budhi Rapti. Bangladesh: Brahammaputra-Jamuna and Ganges-Padma-Meghna basins -Teesta, Dharla, Brahmaputra, Kortoa, Ghagot Nepal: Rapti, Bagmati and Lalbakaiya, Saptakosi |
7-Jul-05 | 27-Jul-05 | 21 | 40 | 3,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 823,500 | 27.6 | 20052500735SKosi085Ma2.44 | Heavy monsoon rains trigger flash floods and landslides. Assam - 15 dead. 1.9 million displaced. 400 villages under water. Arunachal Pradesh - 4,000 homeless in Lohit and Anjaw. Uttar Pradesh - 55 dead, 4,000 evacuated on Ganges river Bangladesh - 23 dead, more than a million displaced. Nepal - floods displace 30,000 in Banke district in the southwest. 200,000 sq metres of agricultural land eroded by Saptakosi river in Sunsari district. July 20 - Nepal releases water into Sharda and Gandak rivers, 200 villages flooded in Uttar Pradesh. India closes gates on Laxmanpur Dam on Rapti river which causes flooding that displaces 30,000 Nepalese in Banke area. MODIS observation of high levels on Yamuna river below Delhi on July 22, 24. High levels on Bramaputra and Meghna rivers in Assam and Bangladesh on July 23. |
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| 84 | Pakistan and India | Pakistan: Punjab Province -
districts:Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan,
Rajanpur, Muzzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Bhakkar. towns: Sahiwal,
Chiniot, Leiah and Kot Mithan Sharif. Marala, Gujrat, Wazirabad, Gujranwala,
Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, Muzaffarabad. Other districts: Sialkot, Jhang,
Hafiz Abad, Chiniot, Narowal. Bajwat. Sindh province - districts: Sukkur, Ghotki, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Dadu and Jamshoro. Guddu. India: Himachal Pradesh (Kullu, Chamba, Rohru), Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir (Doda and Jammu districts). Haryana (Jind, Hisar, Bhiwan). |
Pakistan - Indus river and
tributaries, Chenab, Jhelum, Tavi, Ravi, Naullah Dek India - Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Pabbar, Tawi and Ujh, Jhelum , Sindh |
5-Jul-05 | 14-Aug-05 | 41 | 40 | 452,000 | Monsoonal rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 433,500 | 24.5 | 20051930610Indus084M2.32 20051920835Indus084Ma2.37 20051900540ChenHary084M2bm |
Pakistan - 30 dead. 25,583 houses damaged. Monsoon rains swell
the Indus river. India discharges water into upper Chenab river on July 7,
submerging several villages in easterm Punjab province. Layyah:89 villages (with a population of almost 240,000) inundated. 50,000 evacuated. 950,000 hectares inundated by July 19. July 11 - 624 villages inundated in Punjab province. July 19 - more than 21,000 houses damaged along Indus and Chenab rivers. Sindh province - 8,000 evacuated. India - thousands evacuated in Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh. MODIS observations of high levels on the upper and middle Indus river beginning July 4, higher by July 7. Very high levels on upper and middle Indus and Chenab on July 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Floods also in Haryana west of Delhi in India on July 9. Jhelum river much higher beginning July 21, 22, 23. Chenab and Jhelum less high by August 1. High levels on lower Indus around Chenab confluence July 24, 27. Lower Indus high August 3, 5, 12, 14. Upper and middle Indus receding August 5, 14, 23 |
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| 83 | China | Jilin Province - Jilin city
and surrounding villages. Heilongjiang Province - Hegang and Yichun. Daqing area, Qiqihar area, Harbin area. |
Nen and Songhua and tributaries | 1-Jul-05 | 12-Aug-05 | 43 | 5 | 1,500 | $ 271,000,000 | Heavy rain | 30 | 1 | 275,000 | 19.7 | Heavy rains cause flooding that affects 1.27 million people in
252 towns in 38 counties in Jilin. 5,287 houses destryed. 354,900 hectares of
crops destroyed. Average rainfall up 67% from past years. July 31 - Highest levels on Wutong river in Hegang city since 1972. Floods in Yichun city affect 50,000 and damage 15 highways. MODIS observation of high levels on Songhua and tributaries in Jilin on July 7, 19. Nen high around Songhua confluence July 11, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26. August 8 - Lower Songhua high from Harbin area down to Amur confluence. |
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| 82 | Romania and Bulgaria | Romania -Olt county: Schitu, Serbanesti, Dobrotesti.
Black Sea region of Constanta. Other counties: Teleorman, Arges, Constanta,
Giurgiu, Valcea, Alba, Sibiu, Caras Severin, Dambovita, Dolj, Gorj,
Hundeoara, Suceava, Mehedinti and Harghita. Bulgaria - Veliko Tarnovo, Targovishte, Rousse, Stara Zagora, Haskovo and Burgas,Popovo, Shumen |
Romania
- Olt, Vedea and Teleorman Bulgaria - Yantra, Vit, Osam, Baniska and Jantra, Suhata, Iantra, Kamchia, Russenski Lom. |
2-Jul-05 | 16-Jul-05 | 15 | 23 | 7,000 | see notes | Heavy rain | 1 | 72,210 | 7.3 | Southern and central Romania - 6 dead. 6,600 people evacuated.
6,600 people evacuated. 800 homes and farms damaged in Olt area. Dike
collapse. 200 homes flooded in Black Sea region of Constanta. About 2,000
homes in four southern counties were flooded. 55,265 hectares of agricultural
land inundated. Nearly 70,000 farm animals reported killed from flooding
during July 1-12. Bulgaria - 17 dead. 28,000 hectares farmland inundated. Dozens of towns and villages flooded. hundreds evacuated. 6,300 buildings flooded, 52 bridges destroyed. Damages US$247 million. MODIS observation of flooding along Osam river in Bulgaria and Vedea river in Romania on July 5. Flooding on Vedea, lower Arges and near Calarasi in Romania on July 7, 8. |
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| 81 | India | Madhya Pradesh - Sagar, Chattarpur, Damoh, Sahra, Riva and Katni. Satna, Rewa, Panna, Jabalpur, Narsinghpur, Maihar. | Madhya Pradesh - Maijee, Simrol and Katni, Tons, Ledraha, Mahanadi, Son, Banganga | 2-Jul-05 | 15-Jul-05 | 14 | 62 | 49,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 55,740 | 6.2 | Madhya Pradesh - Monsoon rain from Gujarat moves into Madhya
Pradesh. Worst affected areas: Sagar, Chattarpur, Damoh, Sahra, Riva and
Katni. 1 million people are severely affected. 62 dead as of July 15. MODIS observation of flooding with lots of clouds along upper Narmada and Son rivers in Madhya Pradesh on July 8. |
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| 80 | North Korea | South Pyongan province - Dokchon city, Pukchang county and Maengsan county | 30-Jun-05 | 2-Jul-05 | 3 | 88 | 16,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 2,590 | 0.6 | Torrential rains cause flash floods and landslides. Rainfall of up to 150 millimeters an hour on June 30 killed 88 people, left 105 missing, and made some 16,000 people homeless. | ||||||||
| 79 | China | Sichuan Province - Dazhou, Bazhong, Guangan, Nanchong, Yibin, Luzhou and Ganzi. Luding county, Chuni village. Meishan, Chengdu, Deyang, Ya'an, Leshan and Yibing. Dazhu. | 28-Jun-05 | 19-Jul-05 | 22 | 65 | 428,000 | $ 2,700,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 69,400 | 8.1 | July 2 - Storms in mountainous terrain cause floods and
mudslides in Luding county of Sichuan. 5,109 houses destroyed. Roads, bridges
and agriculture damage. July 9 - 37 dead and 7 missing in Dazhu city after 461 mm rain in three days. 250,000 homeless in Dazhou. Floodwaters reach the third story of some buildings in Dazhou. Throughout Sichuan - 30,000 houses destroyed.106,000 houses damaged. 70,000 acres of crops destroyed. |
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| 78 | Australia | New South Wales - Northern
Rivers region - Lismore, Byron Bay, Benora, Yamba. Byron, Tweed, Ballina,
Richmond Valley and Kyogle Queensland - Gold Coast area - Coomera, Currumbin |
Coomera, Wilson | 30-Jun-05 | 3-Jul-05 | 4 | 3 | 3,000 | $ 7,000,000 | Heavy rain | 10 | 1 | 7,900 | 1.2 | Storms bring the worst floods in northern NSW in more than 10
years, storms dump 400-500 millimeters of rainfall in 24 hours. Worst floods in Gold Coast region in 30 years. |
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| 77 | India | Orissa - Bhadrak and Jajpur districts. Anandpur, Dhamnagar, Bhandaripokhari and Chandbali | Baitarani River and its tributaries | 29-Jun-05 | 3-Jul-05 | 5 | 1 | 140,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 6,800 | 1.3 | Baitarani River overflowed its banks after two days of rain -
220 villages evacuated. MODIS observation of flooding on lower Baitarani with lots of clouds on July 1. |
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| 76 | Mexico - Tropical Storm Bret | Veracruz - Naranjos, Chinampa | Rio Tancochin | 29-Jun-05 | 30-Jun-05 | 2 | 2 | Heavy rain | Tropical cyclone | 1 | 970 | 0.2 | Heavy rain from former Tropical Storm Bret damages 3,000 homes in Veracruz. | |||||||
| 75 | India | Gujarat - cities: Vadodara,
Surat, Anand. Districts: Vadodara, Anand, and Kheda, Navsari, Valsad, Surat,
Bharuch, Surendranagar, Dangs, Ahmedabad, Anand, Kheda, Amreli, Bhavnagar,
Junagadh, Rajkot, Narmada, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar and Sabarkantha, Bulsar, Jamnagar.
Saurashtra region. Union Territory of Daman. Baroda. Ahmedabad. |
Gujarat - Vishwamitry,
Purnea, Auranga, Wanki, Ambika, Kaveri and Kharera. Daman-Ganga. |
28-Jun-05 | 15-Jul-05 | 18 | 202 | 500,000 | $ 2,300,000,000 | Monsoonal rain | 40 | 2 | 73,780 | 15.7 | 20051880555Gujarat075M2bm | Gujarat - 132 dead. Heavy rains cause rivers to overflow in
southern and central Gujarat. More than than 7,200 villages inundated and
some 176,000 people left homeless. 39 of Gujarat's 187 large and medium-size
dams were overflowing. Worst floods in 40 years in Gujarat. MODIS observation of flooding in the Rann of Kutch area and west of Ahmadabad in Gujarat on July 7, 9, 13. (all observations with lots of clouds) |
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| 74 | Chile | Southern Chile - Concepcion area. Bio Bio region | 26-Jun-05 | 28-Jun-05 | 3 | 5 | 800 | Heavy rain | 1 | 12,210 | 1.2 | Heavy rains cause widespread flooding and some mudslides. Thousands homes damaged. | ||||||||
| 73 | India | Himachal Pradesh - Rampur. Kinnaur region: Sangla, Kalpa and Yangthang districts, Sumdo. Khaab, Khab, Karcham, Leo, Akpa and Kharo. Shimla, Kullu, Bilaspur and Mandi districts. | Sutlej, Parechu, Spiti | 26-Jun-05 | 29-Jun-05 | 4 | 6 | 5,000 | $ 23,000,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | 6,530 | 1.1 | Sutlej river suddenly rises 12 to 15 meters in Himachal Pradesh because a landslide created lake on the Parechu river in Tibet has overflowed due to heavy rains and snowmelt. Several bridges and roads destroyed, 2 villages inundated, 50 houses submerged. | |||||
| 72 | El Salvador and Honduras | El Salvador - San Pedro
Puxtla, San Salvador area. Apaneca, Comasagua. Cusinahuat Honduras - Tegucigalpa area. |
24-Jun-05 | 27-Jun-05 | 4 | 41 | 1,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | 35,360 | 2.6 | Heavy rain causes rivers to overflow and landslides. El Salvador - 33 dead, 20 missing, hundred evacuated. Honduras - 8 dead, 800 in shelters. 200 houses damaged. |
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| 71 | Bangladesh | Rangpur area. districts: Nilphamari, Rangpur, and Lalmonirhat. | Teesta, Brahmaputra and the
Dharla Teesta tributaries - Buriteesta, Choralkata, and Burikhora |
23-Jun-05 | 30-Jun-05 | 8 | 5 | 70,000 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | 15,320 | 2.6 | Villages inundated, 70,000 displaced. | |||||||
| 70 | Pakistan and Afghanistan | Pakistan - North West Frontier Province - districts of Charsadda,
Nowshera, Peshawar, Swat, Chitral, Karak and Shangla. Tapu Koroona,
Sheikhabad and Jala Bela. Dera Ismail Khan. Monda. Afghanistan - Nangarhar province - districts: Daronta, Lal Poora, Momandara, Behsood, Kama, Goshta, Behsud, Gushta. also - Laghman and Takhar provinces |
Upper Indus
tributaries Kabul, Swat, Shalam, Kunar, Chitral, Panjkora. Afghanistan - Khatayan, Alingar |
21-Jun-05 | 5-Aug-05 | 46 | 5 | 50,000 | Snowmelt | 100 | 3 | 28,630 | 19.4 | 20051790555Kabul070M2bm 20051780825Kabul070Ma2bm 20051770610Kabul070M2bm |
Pakistan - Melting snow in Hindu Kush mountains and heavy rains.
dozens villages inundated. thousands evacuated.100 year levels in rivers river Kabul,
Swat, Chitral and Kunar rivers. 50,000 homeless in northwestern Pakistan.
26,943 acres crops destroyed. 114 villages affected by flooding, over 1,100
houses destroyed, over 1,800 houses damaged. MODIS observations of high levels on the Kabul river June 19, 20 more flooding by June 22. Increased flooding on Kabul river by June 26, 27, 28. Additional observations June 30, July 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 28. Floods receding on the Kabul river August 5, |
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| 69 | China | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region - central and northern areas:
Wuzhou, Zhaoping (Beituo, Jiulong, and Fuluo), Yongfu, Yangshuo, Pingle,
Changzhou, Wanxiu,Xincheng, Liuzhou,
Hechi, Hezhou. Shaoping county. Jiulong. Xiangzhou county. Guangdong province - Longmen region. Heyuan, Shaoguan, Huizhou and Zhaoqing. Foshan and Shaoqing Guizhou province - counties: Weining, Wuchuan, Songtao |
Guangxi - Wuzhou, Xijiang,
Qianjiang, Xunjiang, Yujiang, Mengjiang, Liujiang, Guijiang. Guangdong - Xijiang, Beijiang, Dongjiang, Qianjiang, Xunjiang, Pearl, Min. |
19-Jun-05 | 30-Jun-05 | 12 | 200 | 1,500,000 | $ 852,000,000 | Heavy rain | 100 | 3 | 226,600 | 35.5 | Guangxi - 54 dead. More than 410,000 hectares of crops damaged.
35,000 houses destroyed, 489 villages inundated, 816,000 homeless.. Worst
flooding in 100 years in Wuzhou - 42,000 residents evacuated.Worst flood of record on Mengjiang, a
tributary of the Xijiang. Guangdong - 65 dead in floods and landslides, 10 missing. 120,000 evacuated. More than 22,000 houses destroyed or damaged.540,000 people affected in the province. Guizhou - 80 dead. 140,000 evacuated. 4,080 homes destroyed. MODIS observation of flooding around Wuzhou on June 24. |
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| 68 | UK | North Yorkshire - Helmsley, Hawnby, Carlton, Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe, Walkergate, Thirsk | River Rye, Fangdale Beck, Sutton Beck | 19-Jun-05 | 20-Jun-05 | 2 | 0 | see notes | Brief torrential rain | 250 | 3 | 1,060 | 0.7 | Flash flooding from localized storms over North York Moors wash
away roads, causes landslides, damages bridges. 9 people rescued by RAF
helicopters. A months rainfall in one hour in North Yorkshire. Flooding
destroyed buildings that had been standing for more than 200 years. Tens of
millions of pounds of damage. Helmsley - "floods like this haven't hit the market town since 1752, when 12 people died. " |
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| 67 | Kenya | Western Kenya - Busia District - Bukhay,Walwasi | 17-Jun-05 | 20-Jun-05 | 4 | 20 | 1,200 | Heavy rain | 1 | 3,520 | 0.8 | Heavy rains for the past 2 weeks. 300 families displaced | ||||||||
| 66 | China | Fujian Province - Nanping City,Dongfeng Town of Jian'ou City. Shunchang county. Sanming, Ningde, Fuzhou and Longyan | Minjiang River and tributaries: Jianxi, Fuchun | 17-Jun-05 | 25-Jun-05 | 9 | 19 | 210,000 | $ 180,700,000 | Heavy rain | 35 | 2 | 66,667 | 93,630 | 13.4 | Fujian -days or torrential rain. Floods and landslides. 10,000 houses collapsed. 650,000 people affected in Nanping City. Flooding along upper reaches in Minjiang and tributaries - water levels "rarely seen in the past 20 years". Minjiang river at 35 year levels. | ||||
| 65 | Tajikistan, Afghanistanand Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan - Khamadoni. Khatlon Region: Hamadoni and Farkhor
districts: Turdiyev, Kalinin and Dasht-i Gulo. Soghd region: Districts:
Shahriston, Ghonchi. Pendzhikent region. Khamadoni region. Afghanistan - Badakhshan Province - Faizabad, Darayem, Teshkan, Baharak, Jurm, Yomgan, Argo, Darwaz. Kapisa Balkh Province - Shortepa Kyrgyzstan - Osh, Batken and Jalalabat provinces. Nookat, Bazarkorgon, Suzak and Nooken |
Tajikistan - upper Amu
Daria and tributaries. Panj, Pyandzh Afghanistan - Panjshir River. Amu Daria |
15-Jun-05 | 21-Jul-05 | 37 | 39 | 11,000 | $ 50,000,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | 658 | 103,000 | 11.6 | 20051780825ADari065Ma2bm 20051770610ADar065M2bm 20051770605Tajik065M2bm |
Tajikistan - Floods and mudflows. 8,000 evacutated in Khatlon
region. Over 2 million damages in Sogdi region. 50 million damages in
southern Tajik districts of Hamadoni and Farkhor from flooding in Panj river.
More than 50 million damages. 4,000 hectares fields inundated. Afghanistan - 29 dead. Badakhshan: "Huge losses were inflicted when storms repeatedly struck the provincial capital and eight other districts in the last two days." 1000 houses destroyed. 658 hectares land destroyed. 300 homes inundated in Shortepa district of Balkh province. Kyrgyzstan - floods and mudflows in southern provinces. 3 dead. 3,996 dwellings flooded. 28,856 hectares of crops destroyed.87 bridges and 170 km highways damaged. July 18 - 8,000 still evacuated from floods on Pyanzh river in Tajikistan. MODIS observations of high levels on upper Amu Daria and tributaries on June 15, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23. Increased flooding on upper Amu Daria on June 26, 27. Additional observations July 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20. |
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| 64 | Taiwan | Southern Taiwan: Pingtung county - Shinyuan, Niaosung, Machia. Tainan county - Tsochen, Peimen. Kaohsiung county. Chiayi county. Yunlin county. | Pachang | 11-Jun-05 | 17-Jun-05 | 7 | 16 | 2,700 | $ 62,000,000 | Heavy rain | 30 | 2 | 41,505 | 3,450 | 2.3 | Hundreds evacuated from low lying areas in southern Taiwan. Flash floods and mudslides. Thousands of homes in Pingtung cut off by floods. Thousands residences in Kaohsiung flooded with waist high water.Heavy agricultural damage - some 34,790 hectares of rice paddies and peanut, green vegetable, watermelon, corn and papaya plantations inundated. Worst floods in 30 years in Shinyuan township. | ||||
| 63 | China | Heilongjiang province - Shalan Township. Ningan city | 10-Jun-05 | 12-Jun-05 | 3 | 117 | 400 | Brief torrential rain | 200 | 3 | 2,330 | 1.6 | Flash flood in mountainous terrain may have killed over 200 people. Worst flood in 200 years in Shalan village. 1,333 hectares farmland ruined, 55 houses destroyed. 100 families need relocation. | |||||||
| 62 | Tajikistan | Soghd Region - Pendzhekent district, Shing. Konibodom district | 8-Jun-05 | 10-Jun-05 | 3 | 6 | 2,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 5,930 | 0.8 | Heavy rain floods three villages in Pendzhekent district, 70 houses destroyed. 2000 homeless. Mudslides. | ||||||||
| 61 | Canada | Central and southern Alberta - Calgary area.
High River, West Bragg Creek, Pincher Creek, Okotoks, Lethbridge, Turner
Valley, Bragg Creek, Black Diamond, Riverdale and Mission. Willow Creek.
Siksika reserve. Hidden Valley. Sundre, Drumheller, Red Deer, Bottrel,
Priddis. Saskatchewan - Cumberland House |
Elbow, High, Bow, Highwood, Sheep, Oldman, Willow Creek, Red Deer, Fish Creek, Priddis Creek. North Saskatchewan | 7-Jun-05 | 1-Jul-05 | 25 | 4 | 5,000 | $ 400,000,000 | Heavy rain | 100 | 3 | 86,680 | 28.4 | Glenmore Reservoir overflows "for the first time in
memory" on June 8. Widespread damage to rural infrastructure. Highest
levels on Elbow River in 29 years in Rideau Park. Worst floods in more than a
decade in Calgary city. "As two weeks of torrential rain finally abated, thousands of Albertans returned home yesterday to find their possessions destroyed and houses wrecked. Officials have begun calling the floods a "once-in-200-year event."" ... "worst floods in living memory" June 20 - Two major floods in a week. Red Deer river floods entire downtown of Sundre, 300 houses damaged. June 29 - Another heavy downpour overflows the Sheep river. States of emergency again in towns of Hidden Valley, High River, Okotoks and Black Diamond. |
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| 60 | Georgia | Georgia - Mtsketa-Tianetsk region. Districts: Kazbeg, Tianeti, Dusheti, Telavi, Akhmeti. Pankisi Gorge area. | Aragvi, Iori, Ilgo and Alazani rivers | 5-Jun-05 | 17-Jun-05 | 13 | 1 | 50 | $ 2,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 14,900 | 3.1 | Dozens of villages cut off. Several bridges destroyed, thousands
hectares crops and vineyards submerged. Several hundred cattle and many
chickens have drowned. Damage to Khadori hydropower plant on Alazani
river. June 15 - Flooding continues in Dusheti region, Aragvi River overflows. MODIS observation of flooding on Alazani river on June 10, 11, 12, 15. |
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| 59 | Brazil | Pernambuco State - Recife, Vitoria de Santo Antao and Jaboatao dos Guararapes | 1-Jun-05 | 4-Jun-05 | 4 | 28 | 31,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 6,050 | 1.1 | Flooding and mudslides. 300 houses destroyed. A state of
emergency has been declared in 23 cities in Pernambuco. More than 229 millimeters of rain has fallen in the capital of Recife since June 1. |
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| 58 | China | Hunan Province - counties: Xinshao, Anhua, Xinhua. Cities:
Shaoyang, Loudi, Lianyuan, Yiyang, Chenzhou. Xiangxi Tu and Miao Autonomous
Prefecture. Sichuan Province - Qijiang county in southwestern Chongqing municipality. Guizhou Province - |
Qijiang, Yangtze tributaries. |
30-May-05 | 10-Jun-05 | 12 | 160 | 300,000 | $ 383,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 679,700 | 20.5 | A week of torrential rain starts summer flood season in China -
at least 204 dead, 79 missing since begining of the year. 76,000 houses
destroyed. 614,000 hectares farmland destroyed. Hunan - 96 dead. 201 millimetres of rain fell in a single 24-hour period in Xinshao. 20,000 hectares of farmland flooded. Guizhou -49 dead. Over 3,000 houses collapsed. Over 120,000 hectares farmland destroyed. 41 million US damages. |
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| 57 | Ukraine | Southern Ukraine - Melitopol region in Zaporozhye | 28-May-05 | 30-May-05 | 3 | 50 | Heavy rain | 1 | 8,130 | 1.0 | 450 houses and 600 orchards have been flooded. More than a months rain in a day. | |||||||||
| 56 | China | Gansu Province - Minxian County | 28-May-05 | 29-May-05 | 2 | 8 | $ 4,600,000 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | 2,020 | 0.3 | Flash floods and mudslides. 436.4 hectares of farmland damaged. Affected population of 8,842. | ||||||||
| 55 | Bulgaria | Counties: Ruse, Silistra, Lovech, Veliko Tarnovo, Gabrovo, Pernik and Kyustendil, Sofia and Pleven. towns: Ruse, Lovech, Pleven, Silistra, Osem, Vit, Smolian, Plovdiv, Vratsa, Dobrotitsa, Apriltsi | Skut, Vidima, Struma, Iskar, Vit | 26-May-05 | 13-Jun-05 | 19 | 6 | $ 10,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 71,250 | 7.9 | Several days of heavy rain, "heaviest rainfall in Bulgaria
for the last 50 years". 16,000
hectares crops inundated in northeast Bulgaria. Villages isolated.
More than 100 villages and small towns affected by floods. Damges 15 million
levs. June 13 - Flooding persists in municipalities of Mezdra, Iskar, Pernik and Svoge in Sofia region. MODIS observation of flooding east of Pleven on May 30. |
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| 54 | Russia | Maritime region: Primorye Territory -
districts: Krasnoarmeisky, Chuguevo (Koksharovka, Antonovka and
Novo-Mikhailovka), Dalnerechensk and Kirov, Roshchino. Khabarovsk - Roshchino. villages: Berezovy, Amgun, Tumnin, Kukan. |
Bolshaya Ussurka River.
Amur River and Ussuri, Khor, Argun tributaries. |
11-May-05 | 7-Jun-05 | 28 | 1 | 50 | Heavy rain | 2 | 379,300 | 41.0 | 468 houses flooded. State of emergency in Krasnoarmeisky
district. Bridges washed away and damaged. June 3 - Amur river at highest levels in 30 years MODIS observation of high levels on Amur river and tributaries in Primorye and Khabarovsk on May 11, 26, June 4, 7. Flooding on Bolshaya Ussurka and Amur rivers May 24, 28. |
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| 53 | Finland | Finnish Lapland - Ivalo and Kittilä | Ounasjoki, Ivalojoki | 25-May-05 | 31-May-05 | 7 | 0 | 400 | Snowmelt | 24 | 1 | 24,900 | 3.1 | Worst spring flooding since 1981. Damages in the millions of
euros. MODIS observation of flooding near Ivalo on May 26 |
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| 52 | Bangladesh | Northeastern Bangladesh - Maulvibazar and Haviganj districts. | Kushiara, Manu, Dholai and the Khowai | 25-May-05 | 28-May-05 | 4 | 13 | 50,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 12,730 | 1.6 | Two days pre-monsoon rain flood more than 200 villages.
Thousands of hectares of croplands submerged. 150,000 marooned MODIS observation of flooding in northeastern bangladesh on May 27, 29. |
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| 51 | Brazil | Sao Paulo city | 24-May-05 | 27-May-05 | 4 | 5 | Brief torrential rain | 1 | 930 | 0.4 | Record rains for this time of year: 14cm rain in Sao Paulo in 24 hours; double the usual amount of rainfall for the entire month of May. Flash floods and mudslides in shantytowns around the city. | |||||||||
| 50 | New Zealand | North Island - Bay of Plenty province - Tauranga, Otumoetai. Whakatane District - Matata | 18-May-05 | 21-May-05 | 4 | 0 | 290 | Heavy rain | 26 | 2 | 630 | 0.7 | Flash floods and landslides. Worst deluge on record - 400 millimetres of rain fell in Tauranga region in 36 hours. 200 houses damaged. Floodwaters up to five metres deep in Matata. | |||||||
| 49 | Tajikistan | Kuktosh in Rudaki district, southern Khatlon province, Murgab district, Rasht Valley. Gairat. Surkhaki in Tojikobod District. | Aksu river, Kundalang, Chubek and Yakh-Su | 7-May-05 | 18-May-05 | 12 | 1 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | 26,480 | 4.0 | Floods and mudslides from a week of heavy rain and snowmelt. More than 660 houses and 12 km roads and 320 hectares of cotton and other crop destroyed. Half a dozen bridges have been washed away. | |||||||
| 48 | Afghanistan | Farah province - Purchaman district Ghor province - Barakhana, Karistan and Jarmatu in Chaghcharan district. Taiwara, Tulak, and Shahrak districts. |
Amu Darya, | 4-May-05 | 8-May-05 | 5 | 14 | Snowmelt | Heavy rain | 1 | 82,360 | 4.6 | Several days heavy rain cause extensive agricultural flooding.
At least six people and 200 livestock are reported missing. Heavy spring floods from snowmelt on Amu Darya River. |
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| 47 | Kenya and Uganda | Kenya - Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley, Coast and parts of North
Eastern provinces - districts: Nyando (Kabonyo, Kakola, Kochogo, Ongeche) ,
Rachuonyo (Kayitir, Kawadhgone, Koyugi), Nyatike (Kaden), Migori, Garissa
(Dadaab), Isiolo (Merti, Gulesa and Malkagala), Karachuonyo, Homa Bay
(Kochia, West Kagan, Rangwe), Ijara, Tana River. Kisumu (Buoye, Winam,
Kolwa). Kochia. Naivasha, Nakuru. Uganda - Mbale district. |
Kenya - Nyando, Kibos,
Awattende, Maugo. Ombeyi, Athi, Ewaso Nyiro. Oluch, Mango and Awach Kagan Nyamasaria and Mahenya Uganda - Namatala |
3-May-05 | 3-Jun-05 | 32 | 4 | 40,000 | Heavy rain | 42 | 2 | 443,200 | 46.1 | More than 10,000 families displaced by flooding throughout
Kenya. Heavy rain causes flash flooding along several rivers in western
Kenya. Heaviest flooding since 1963 in Rachuonyo District. Extensive
agricultural damages. Flooding displaces 25 000 Somali refugees at Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. MODIS observation of flooding on tributary of Lak Dara river in northeast Kenya near on May 4. Flooding northwest of Lake Turkana on May 7, 14, 23, 28, 30, June 1, 3. |
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| 46 | Indonesia | Sumatra - Aceh Tenggara District, Badar Sub-District. Villages: Jongar, Lawe Mengkudu, Lawe Penanggalan and Jambur Lak Lak. | Lawe Alas River | 26-Apr-05 | 27-Apr-05 | 2 | 20 | 750 | Heavy rain | 1 | 1,730 | 0.3 | Two days of torrential rains caused the Lawe Alas River to overflow - flash floods. Roads and bridges destroyed. | |||||||
| 45 | Georgia and Russia | Georgia - Svaneti, Tsageri, Tbilisi, Shida Kartli, Lentekhi,
Mestia, Oni, Ambrolauri, Kutaisi, Khoni, Tskaltubo, Racha-Lechkhumi, Imereti,
Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo-Upper (Zemo) Svaneti, Inner (Shida) Kartli, Lower
(Kvemo) Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Adjara, Samtskhe-Javakheti. Shida Kartli
region. Kutaisi. Southern Russia - Caucasus republics: South Ossetia - Java and Kvaisa regions. Ingushetia - Karabulak Dagestan - Babayurt district, Orazgulaul Chechnya - Sunzha, Kurchaloi, Shali, Nozhai-Yurt, Vvedeno, Grozny, Gudermes, Achkhoi-Martan, Itum-Kali, Sharoi districts and Grozny Stavropol territory - Zaterechny and Achikulak, the Neftekumsk |
Georgia - Mtkvari, Rioni,
Tskhenistskali, Ladzhanuri Southern Russia - Terek, Kuma, Podkumok, Tamlyk, Dzhemukha, Kalaus, Darya and Surkul, Sunzha Volga, Kama and Ural and tributaries. |
25-Apr-05 | 30-May-05 | 36 | 6,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | 1,515,000 | 44.1 | Floods and landslides widespread throughout Georgia. Worst
floods in Georgia "for many years". Hundreds houses evacuated.
Extensive damage to buildings and agriculture. Southern Russia - Fifty houses and fields on the area of more than 53,000 hectares are flooded in the Babayurt district of Dagestan. 24.5 square kilometers and832 houses flooded in Stavropol territory. MODIS observations of flooding upper Volga tributaries on April 21, 23, 26, 28, 30. Flooding on Don and tributaries on April 26, May 5. Flooding on upper Ural river April 23, 25, May 4. Flooding on Kama river April 23, 29. Flooding on lower Volga and lower Ural rivers May 7, 11, 14, 18, 19, 20, 23, 25. Flooding along lower Terek river on May 12, 21, 23, 30, June 8, 10. |
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| 44 | Ethiopia and Somalia | Ethiopia - Somali state -
Ogaden region, Gode. West Emi district. Godie, Deghabur, Mustahil.
Gode, Jijiga, Kebridehar, Afder, Degehabur zones. Wolayta zone - Humbo
woreda. Dire Dawa. Kelafo to Mustahil. Arba Minch district Somalia - Somaliland - Hargeisa, Jowhar, Burco, Berbera, Burao, Borame and Sayla. Hiiran region - Beletweyne. Lower Jubba - Kowaan, Musa Haji, Jimey, Sanguni and Maleley. Middle Juba - Bu'ale district. |
Ethiopia - Wade Shabelle,
Hargeysa, Bilate River, Ashewa. Genale, Dawa, Fafen. Sile and Sego rivers. Somalia - Jubba. |
23-Apr-05 | 14-Jun-05 | 53 | 177 | 260,000 | Heavy rain | 50 | 2 | 336,100 | 46.0 | Ethiopia - Worst flooding in 40 years. At least 170 dead. Ten
days continuous heavy rain bursts banks of Wade Shabelle. 160 villages washed
away. Over 150,000 people affected.
Hundreds of houses destroyed. Tens of thousands of livestock killed.
Roads and bridges washed away. Crocodiles are reported to have eaten at least
19 people during the floods. Somalia - 40 dead. Worst flooding in Hargeisa area since 1953. More than 100 50 year old houses swept away in Berbera. Town of Hargeisa was seriously affected. 5,000 families displaced and 2,500 ha of farmland destroyedin the Hiiraan region. MODIS observations of flooding along Wade Shabelle and Fafen rivers on April 25, 27, May 4, 6, 11, 13, 20, 29, June 3. Flooding along lower Wade Shabelle river on May 20, 29, June 14. Flooding in northeastern Somalia in Nugaaleed area on May 22. Flooding along Lower Jubba river in Somalia on June 14. |
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| 43 | Romania and Serbia | Romania - counties: Timis,
Caras-Severin, Hunedoara, Arad, Dambovita, Buzau. Towns: Arad, Timisoara,
Turnu-Severin. Buzau. Covasna. Targoviste city area. Northeastern Serbia - Vojvodina - Jasa Tomic, Medja, Secanj, Zitiste, Bela Crkva and Plandiste. |
Romania - Timis, Mures,
Bega, Cerna, Barzava, Ialomita Serbia - Tamis |
18-Apr-05 | 4-Jun-05 | 48 | 4 | 7,000 | see notes | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 50 | 2 | 150,000 | 58,910 | 18.8 | 20051231140RoTimis043Ma2.40 20051130925RomTim043M2.35 |
Romania - worst floods in 50 years in Timisoara. Worst floods in
100 years in Timis country. 3,700 homeless. Damage to around 350 bridges and
dams. 7,000 homes flooded. 150,000 hectares farm land inundated. Damages to
agriculture and infrastructure $504 million as of May 18. Villages Ionel,
Otelec, Foeni and Cruceni underwater for more than a month. Serbia - worst floods since 1966 in Jasa Tomic. 120 houses destroyed. MODIS observation of flooding along Timis river on April 23, 30, May 2, 3, 10, 12, 14, 16, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, June 4, 13, 17. High levels on upper Olt river May 13, 14. |
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| 42 | Tanzania | Zanzibar - Mtoni, Kariakoo, Jangombe, Magomeni, Darajabovu, and in the Zanzibar town centre | 16-Apr-05 | 18-Apr-05 | 3 | 1 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | 510 | 0.2 | Heaviest rains in 40 years - one dead, hundreds homeless. | ||||||||
| 41 | Colombia | Northern Colombia - Boyaca - Maripi district. Antioquia - |
11-Apr-05 | 14-Apr-05 | 4 | 11 | Heavy rain | 1 | 34,530 | 2.6 | Heavy rains cause floods and landslides. | |||||||||
| 40 | USA | New Jersey - counties: Mercer, Hunterdon, Passaic, Warren, Morris.
Wayne. Trenton. Pennsylvania - counties: Monroe, Bradford, Pike, Sullivan, Bucks, Columbia. Easton New York - counties: Delaware, Orange, Ulster, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Greene, Montgomery,Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Sullivan, Tioga. Deerpark, Port Jervis. Maine - ice jam flooding in north. Grindstone. |
New Jersey - Delaware,
Pequannock, Passaic, Pompton, Ramapo, Hackensack, Wanaque Pennsylvania - Delaware, Susquehanna and tributaries. Athens, Lehigh New York - Hudson Valley - Hudson, Chenango, Tioughnioga, Neversink, Beaverkill, Esopus, Moodna, Rondout, Wallkill, Raritan and the Passaic. Maine - Penobscot |
1-Apr-05 | 6-Apr-05 | 6 | 2 | 11,000 | $ 30,000,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 50 | 2 | 130,500 | 12.9 | 20050951750CnHuds040Ma2.25 20050951610UpNy040M2.28 |
New Jersey - Worst floods in 50 years in Trenton, 30 million in
damages. 6,000 displaced, 3,200 homes damaged. Pennsylvania - 40 million damages in Monroe county. 5,715 homes evacuated statewide. Worst floods in Easton since 1955. New York - 2 deaths. 100 year floods on Neversink River MODIS observations of high levels on lower Connecticut river and upper Hudson river on April 5, also flooding around Finger lakes in upstate New York. |
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| 39 | Afghanistan | Southeast - Ghazni province - Khwaja Omari district. Ghazni. | Ghazni river | 29-Mar-05 | 30-Mar-05 | 2 | 6 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | 1,440 | 0.3 | Band-e-Sultan Dam breached after heavy rains and melting snow, Ghazni town and villages along bank of Ghazni river flooded. | |||||||
| 38 | New Zealand | South Island - Nelson and Tasman - Kohatu,Tapawera, Kerr Bay area. | Motupiko, Motueka | 25-Mar-05 | 26-Mar-05 | 2 | $50,000 | Heavy rain | 20 | 1 | Cp | 2,450 | 0.3 | Worst floods in 20 years in Kohatu area. Bridges washed out. Livestock lost. | ||||||
| 37 | Madagascar | Southern Madagascar - Taolagnaro area | 24-Mar-05 | 26-Mar-05 | 3 | 900 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 150 | 0.1 | Several days of heavy rain cause flooding. 900 homeless and 4 missing. | ||||||||
| 36 | Pakistan | Baluchistan - districts: Kohlu, Sibbi. Naseerabad | 20-Mar-05 | 24-Mar-05 | 5 | 20 | 3,500 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 75,650 | 4.4 | 20050810610SWPak036M2bm | Heavy rains cause flash floods. Kohlu - 15 dead. Sibbi - 6
deaths. 70 houses damaged. Naseerabad - dozens villages inundated, 3,500
homeless MODIS observations of new water near Sibbi and Kohlu on March 20, 22, 23. Flooding mostly receded by March 26. |
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| 35 | Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia | Poland - southwestern city of Wroclaw. Lower Silesia, northern
Mazurian lake region. Podkarpacie. Central regions of Sandomierz and Kielce.
City Tomaszow Mazowiecki. Souteastern city of Rzeszow. Bartoszyce.
Braniewo. Romania - 98 towns and villages in 18 counties in the northwest. Mures region. Hunedoara, Vata de Jos. Hungary - Szeged Czech Republic - south Moravia Slovakia - Tatra Mountains - Poprad, Nove Zamky Croatia - Sava river valley Bulgaria - Vidin, Lom, Ruse |
Poland - Tributaries of the
Odra River. Wolborka. tributaries to the Vistula, Czarna, Wisla, Wislok.
Pasleka, Kaczawa Romania - Somes, upper Tisza Hungary - Koros, Danube, Tisza Czech Republic - Sazava, Morava Slovakia - Torysa Croatia - Sava river valley Bulgaria - Danube |
17-Mar-05 | 8-Apr-05 | 23 | 4 | 1,000 | Snowmelt | Heavy rain | 1 | see notes | CpSe* | 673,500 | 25.7 | 20050951115Danub035Ma2.34 20050930950DanSav035M2.29 20050841135Tisza035Ma2.31 20050821005Wisla035M2.30 20050810925Rom035M2.29 20050801200ElbDan035Ma2.32 20050790935Rom035M2.28_35 |
Poland - Melting snow and continuous rainfall cause flooding
throughout Poland. 2 missing. 1,200 buildings flooded around the country.
11,000 hectares of land in southeast inundated. Romania - 2 dead. hundreds homes, farms and 2,000 hectares farm land inundated Czech Republic - 1 dead. homes damaged. Hungary - 94,000 hectares inundated. Danube and Tisza rivers threatening to burst their banks Slovakia - 1 dead MODIS observations of high levels on Mures and Koros/Crisu rivers in Romania and Hungary, and high levels on the upper Tisza in Hungary on March 20, 22, 23. Tributaries of Wisla in Poland high on March 22, 23, 29, 31. High levels on Morava river near Bratislava, Czech Republic on March 21, 23, April 3. High levels on Elbe river in Germany near Leipzig on March 21, near Hamburg March 30. Sava river high in Croatia on March 18, 21, 29, April 3. Middle Danube high on March 29, April 3. Lower Danube high April 3, 5 |
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| 34 | Afghanistan | Northern Afghanistan - Provinces:Sar-e Pol (Sozma Qala, Sangcharak, Gosfandi and Sar-e Pol), Balkh (Marmol District), Jowzjan (Khoja Dokoh District), Baghlan (Dahan-e Ghowri District) | Aamo | 15-Mar-05 | 18-Mar-05 | 4 | 2 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | Cs | 89,540 | 4.1 | "Floods have killed at least two people in Sozma Qala
District and destroyed 200 sheep, 20 cows, 20 mills and 600 hectares of
agricultural land." … "Floods have also destroyed 150 vineyards and
25 dams in Sar-e Pol, causing huge losses to farmers." Jawzjan - 100 families displaced, 80 homes destroyed in Khoja Dokoh District. 1,000 hectares farmland washed away. 50 homes destroyed in Marmol District of Balkh Province |
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| 33 | Zambia | Northeast Zambia - Northern Province | Chambeshi river, Bangwelu swamps | 1-Mar-05 | 1-Apr-05 | 32 | 300 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tsz | 122,600 | 12.1 | 20050700820Zambia033M2.36 | Above normal rainfall in Northern Province of Zambia. Scores
displaced by flooding. MODIS observations of high levels on the Chambeshi river and in the Bagwelu swamp begin in late January. Chambeshi river flooded on March 11, additional observations on March 22, 29, April 1. |
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| 32 | Iraq | Southeastern Iraq - along Tigris river | Tigris River | 13-Mar-05 | 25-Mar-05 | 13 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cs | 260,700 | 13.1 | 20050740740Tigris032M2bm | First MODIS observation of Tigris river high with lots of sediment on March 13, more observations on March 14, 15, 16, 17. Tigris less sedimenty on March 20. Tigris receding March 21, 22, 24, 25. | |||||||
| 31 | China and Kazakhstan | Northwestern
China - Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region - Ili Kazak Prefecture eastern Kazakhstan - |
Ili river valley | 11-Mar-05 | 22-Mar-05 | 12 | 1 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | 3,267 | CSs* | 220,900 | 11.7 | 20050740740XinjIli031Ma2.25 | Xinjiang - Heavy rain and early snowmelt have destroyed 33
houses and more than 100 bridges and culverts and inundated 500 hectares
farmland in Ili Kazak Prefecture. March 20 - 1 dead, 3,000 evacuated, 10,000 houses destroyed, 5,000 head livestock killed, 796 hectares crops inundated. March 22 - 3,267 hectares inundated. |
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| 30 | Iran | Western Iran - Lorestan province - 100 villages flooded | 11-Mar-05 | 12-Mar-05 | 2 | 3 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cs | 23,040 | 1.1 | 20050740740Tigris032M2bm | Heaviest rain in 30 years. 100 villages in Lorestan province
flooded. Thousands forced from their homes. MODIS observation of small area of new water southeast of Borujerd in Lorestan Province on March 15, 16. |
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| 29 | Algeria | Southern Algeria -regions of Alisi, Adrar and Tamenrast | 6-Mar-05 | 9-Mar-05 | 4 | 3 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 436,800 | 9.2 | 20050681305Alger029Ma2bm 20050661010Alger029M2bm 20050661015Alger029M2bm |
Heavy rain in Sahara floods wadis. 3 dead, 9 missing, 70 rescued
by helicopters. Damage to roads, agriculture, infrastructure. Several
villages inundated. MODIS observation of wet channels in the desert west of Tamanrasset on March 7, 9. |
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| 28 | Madagascar | East Central Madagascar -
Lake Alaotra area -eastern Toamasina
province - Alaotra, Mangoro, Amparafaravola and Ambatondrazaka regions.
western Mahajanga province - Boeny and Sofia regions. southeastern area of Farafanga. northern region of Diana. |
2-Mar-05 | 15-Mar-05 | 14 | 25 | 8,300 | Heavy rain | 1 | 35,424 | Tpo | 16,370 | 3.4 | 20050710725NMad028M2.42 20050671035Mad028Ma2.44 |
Four days of unusally heavy rain leave 10 percent of rice fields
submerged on western shores of Lake Alaotra. 8,090 homeless. MODIS observation of high levels on Lake Alaotra March 7, 8, 9, 12, 15. High levels also observed on Ikopa and Mahajamba rivers and their tributaries. |
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| 27 | Afghanistan | Western, central and
southeast Afghanistan: Nimroz province - Zaranj. Districts: Chakhansur, Chahar Burjak Urozgan (Uruzgan) province - Dehrawut District, Deh Rawud, Tarin Kot, Khas Uruzgan district and in Chori. Gezab. Farah province - Farah city Ghor province - Chaghcharan, Charchana, Kanda, Shahrak Herat province - Adraskan, Pashtun Zarghun and Farsi districts Ghowr Province - Taywara District Zabul Province - Arghandab and Daichopan districts other provinces - Faryab, Paktia, Khost and Paktika. |
Sistan Wetlands, Helmand river and tributaries. Saghar, Tarin Kot, Farah Rod, Arghandab. | 5-Mar-05 | 5-Apr-05 | 32 | 26 | 5,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 1 | Cs | 275,300 | 18.2 | 20050810610SWPak036M2bm 20050800840Afgh027Ma2bm 20050720615EAfgPak027M2bm 20050690855WAfgh027Ma2bm 20050680640WAfgh027M2bm 20050520640AfghSistanM2bm |
Snow begins melting after worst winter in a decade in
Afghanistan, flooding is expected to increase. Nimroz - 300 houses destroyed, 3 dead. March 21 - Urozgan Province - 115 dead, 1,000 trapped on islands formed by floods, thousands houses destroyed in Deh Rawud District. March 22 - death toll revised to 2 dead, 12 missing in Uruzgan. 26 dead across the country. 68 dead and 100 houses destroyed in Farah. 40 deaths in Faryab and Ghor. 266 families displaced in Ghor. 2,500 houses had collapsed in Herat province. March 25 - Helmand river is receding in Uruzgan. April 5 - flooding persists in Arghandab and Daichopan districts of Zabul province, 1000 acres flooded MODIS observations of wet conditions in the Sistan Wetlands in western Afghanistan and eastern Iran on March 7, 8, 9, 10, 18. Helmand river is visible near Deh Rawud on March 21, 22 |
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| 26 | Pakistan | Sw Pakistan - Balochistan - Qila Abdullah, Chaman, Gwadar, Turbat | 2-Mar-05 | 8-Mar-05 | 7 | 15 | 5,000 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | TsuCs | 104,000 | 6.3 | 20050640835SPak026Ma2bm 20050630625SPak026M2bm 20050630930SeIran026Ma2bm |
Akra Kaur dam overflow/release in Gwadar submerges several
villages; 5,000 evacuated. 400 houses washed away in Chaman. MODIS observations of high levels on Dascht river March 4, New wet area southeast of Quetta, Pakistan and flooding along Lowrah in southeastern Afghanistan on March 5, 19,21. |
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| 25 | Saudi Arabia, Oman and United Arab Emirates | Saudi Arabia - Riyadh area,
Dawadimi and Mujamaa. al-Qasim. Oman - Muscat, Dhofar, Sharbasath, Batinah, Nizwa, Musandam. United Arab Emirates - Fujairah, Sakukum valley. |
1-Mar-05 | 23-Mar-05 | 23 | 7 | 700 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpu | 489,000 | 21.9 | 20050600730Saud025M2bm 20050630930Oman025Ma2bm |
Saudi Arabia - Torrential rain causes floods that kill 7. 700
rescued by helicopters. Oman - wadis overflow, damage to houses. MODIS observations of wet areas around Riyadh on March 1. New wet area in north central Oman on March 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23. |
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| 24 | Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan | South Kazakhstan -
Kyzylorda Region - Districts: Shiyeli, Syrdariya, Zhalagash, Zhanakorgan,
Karmakshy, Otyrar, Tomenaryk. Uzbekistan - Boymurod in Konimex District, Qoshquduq in Nurota District |
Syr Darya | 24-Feb-05 | 23-Mar-05 | 28 | 30,000 | $ 4,600,000 | Dam/Levy, break or release | Ice jam/break-up | 1 | CSs* | 135,400 | 12.3 | 20050590820SDar024Ma2.26 20050590825SDar024Ma2.25 |
Kazakhstan - "intensive release of water" from
Shardara reservior into the Syr Darya river. Ice Jam downriver causing
flooding. Fow is expected to increase when snow starts to melt. Farmland and
settlements flooded in Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan. 25,000 evacuated. 550 sq
km flooded. one billion tenge in damages. Uzbekistan - 1,500 evacuated. MODIS observations of high levels on Syr Darya river around Kyzylorda on Feb 24, 26, 28, March 2, 4, 14, 16, 20, 22, 23. High levels on Cu and Ili rivers observed on Feb March 2, 4, 16, 20, 22, 23. |
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| 23 | Bolivia | Santa Cruz Province - | Rio Grande | 19-Feb-05 | 22-Feb-05 | 4 | see notes | Heavy rain | 1 | 10,000 | Tsu | 10,540 | 1.4 | 20050521755Boliv023Ma2.58 | Heavy rains cause floods and landslides. 4.6 million euros
damage to crops. 150 families 'affected' by flooding. MODIS observation of high levels and flooding on Rio Grande east of Santa Cruz city on February 21. |
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| 22 | Indonesia | Java - West Java - Bandung - districts: Baleendah and Dayeuhkolot | Citarum river | 19-Feb-05 | 25-Feb-05 | 7 | 50,000 | Heavy rain | 10 | 1 | Tpz | 890 | 0.6 | 20050540320Java022M2.32 | Two days of heavy rain bring biggest flooding in 10 years to
south Bandung. Houses inundated with 3 meters of water as Citarum river
overflows banks. 18 out of 45 districts inundated in South Bandung by Feb 25.
MODIS observation of a new wet spot near Bandung city on February 23. |
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| 21 | Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey | Northeastern Greece - Thrace region -
Evros Prefecture, Pytheio area, Sofiko district near Didymotichos. Lavra,
Pitia and Poros Bulgaria - Maritsa river Northwestern Turkey - Odrin Tharace region. |
Greece - Evros (Meric)
River, Arda Bulgaria - Arda, Maritsa and Tundja Turkey -Tundja, Maritsa and Arda |
17-Feb-05 | 24-Mar-05 | 36 | 300 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 50 | 2 | 10,100 | CpSe* | 7,610 | 6.3 | 20050830910Evros021M2.28 20050650925Evros021M2.28 20050510910Evros021M2.26 |
Heavy rain and snowmelt in Bulgaria cause high levels in the
Evros tributary Arda. Highest levels in 50 years on Evros river, 3,800
hectares farmland flooded to divert flooding from populated areas. March 2 - Evros overflows inundating 30 houses and 1,000 hectares; 300 evacuated from Lavara. March 8 - Evros begins receding. 10,100 hectares of farmland on the Greek side of the border flooded. MODIS observation of flooding at the mouth of the Evros on February 18. Flooding along Evros, Meric and Ergene on Feb 20, 22. Rivers still high on March 6, 11, 12, 13, 17. Evros river has receded considerably by March 18, 24. |
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| 20 | Colombia and Venezulea | Colombia - Northeastern departments: Santander, Norte de
Santander. Cities: Bucaramanga, Puerto Santander, Giron, Cúcuta. Venezuela - Southwestern departments:Merida, Tachira and Zulia. Towns: Santa Cruz de Mora, Tovar. |
Colombia
- Lebrija, Oro, Frio, Tachira. Venezuela -Mocoties, Chama, Tachira. Escalante, Tarna, Zulia. |
11-Feb-05 | 26-Feb-05 | 16 | 95 | 70,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpz | 43,720 | 5.8 | 20050461540ColVen020M2.47 | Colombia
- heavy rains for 20 hours cause flooding and landslides. Oro and Frio rivers
overflowed their banks.25 dead,
25,000 displaced around Bucaramanga, 5,000 homes destroyed. Totals: 55 dead,
40,000 displaced. Venezuela - 30,000 displaced and 40 killed in remote Andean villages. MODIS observation of flooding in Zulia on February 15, 16, 17, 24. February 26 - flooding continues on the Escalante river in Zulia, but has subsided on the Tarna and Zulia rivers. |
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| 19 | Pakistan | Balochistan province - Pasni, Shadi Khore, Chaman, Pishin, Awaran, Turbat, Baila, Jaffarabad, Naseerabad, Gwadar, Mand, Aushab, Ormara, Sibbi, Bela, Kaetch, Khuzdar, Lasbella, Panjgoor. Nano. Suntesar. Villages washed away: Sindhi Paso, Turati, Kurki, Zar Khor and Sharnu Baza. | Dasht, Hingol, Nehang. Groki stream. | 9-Feb-05 | 16-Feb-05 | 8 | 300 | 40,000 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | TsuCs | 123,200 | 7.3 | 20050216062554Pak019Aster 20050460850Pak019Ma2bm 20050420605Pakis019M2bm 20050420915Pak019Ma2bm |
Feb 10 - Shadikor Dam burst near Pasni after more than a week of
heavy rain, killing at least 80. Several villages near Pasni washed
away.Town of Pasni half inundated.
5,500 people trapped by floodwaters around Pasni; 1,500 missing; 1,200
rescued from the floodwater. 40,000 acres of crops destroyed. 40 kilometers
of Makran coastal highway washed away. Many bridges washed away. 4,000
families without shelter. Feb 12 -Gaggo dam burst in Lasbella district, Gawar Bagh dam in Turbat district burst. Feb 13 - Chalvi dam burst in Kech district. 40,000 homeless in Lasbella, Gwadar, Khuzdar, Awaran, Ketch and Panjgoor districts. MODIS observation of flooding along the Dasht river and sediment plumes at Omara, Pasni and Gwadar areas of Baluchistan on February 11, 15 |
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| 18 | Venezuela | Northern coastal states: Vargas, Falcon, Yaracuy, Miranda, Aragua, Carabobo, Metropolitan District of Caracas. Towns: Higuerote, El Piache, Naiguata, Guarenas. | Guaire, Carmen de Uria,
Caucaguita, Upire, Tocuyo, Aroa, |
7-Feb-05 | 14-Feb-05 | 8 | 19 | 26,000 | $ 52,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 11,960 | 2.3 | 20050451755Vene018Ma2.40 20050431505Vene018M2.36 20050431805Vene018Ma2.44 |
Venezuela - Heavy rain in Venezuela's dry season causes floods
and landslides. Caracas receives84.7
mm of rain in 24 hours, breaking the single day record of 72.9 mm dating to
1951. 16 dead. 26,000 homeless along Caribbean coast. MODIS observation of flooding on lower Upare and Aroa rivers in Falcon department on February 12, 14. |
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| 17 | Australia | Southern Victoria - Melbourne, Geelong/Bellarine Peninsula - Flemington, Werribee, Dandenong, Coburg . | Rivers: Maribyrnong, Yarra, Goulburn, Barwon, Bunyip. Creeks: Wallaby, Arthurs, Skeleton, Diamond, Dandenong, Merri, Koroit. | 3-Feb-05 | 7-Feb-05 | 5 | $ 200,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Cp | 35,240 | 3.0 | 20050380010AusSVic017M2.28 | Intense low pressure system brings storms and flash flooding to
Victoria. Heaviest rainfall in Melbourne since records began in 1856 (120
millimetres of rain in 24 hours). Hundreds of freshly shorn sheep die of
hypothermia in rural Victoria. MODIS observation of new water near Geelong and high levels on the La Trobe river in southern Victoria on February 7. |
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| 16 | Brazil | Minas Gerais State - Unai | 1-Feb-05 | 11-Feb-05 | 11 | 9 | 9,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCp | 56,390 | 5.7 | 20050401305MinGerais016M2.44 20050381320MinGerais016M2.50 |
Heavy rains cause floods across large part of Minas Gerais
state. 2,000 homes collapsed or washed away. 80 bridges destroyed. MODIS observation of high levels on a tributary of the Para river in Minas Gerais on February 7. Flooding along Paracatu river downriver from Unai on February 9. |
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| 15 | Angola | Northern Angola -
provinces: North Cuanza (Kwanza-Norte), Uije, Zaire, Malanje, Bengo- Dondo area. Massangano. Central Angola - provinces:Huambo, Benguela, and Bie. Southeast Angola - Kwando Kubango |
Kapacala river, Cuanza river, Okavango river | 27-Jan-05 | 28-Mar-05 | 61 | 10,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 118,200 | 14.1 | 20050701245LCuan015Ma2.37 20050550905Okav015M2.36 20050550900Cuan015M2.36 20050530915Angol015M2.36 20050171225Cuan015Ma2.38 |
Rainy season began in October, 2004. Heavy rains in mid-December
and late January. January 28, Dondo - 149 houses destroyed, 2 bridges damaged, 1,000 people homeless. Similar floods in late December left 500 families homeless. March 11 - 9 hours of heavy rain follows the weeks of heavy rains since January. 10,000 homeless in Dondo area, 608 houses destroyed. March 24 - 1,584 houses destroyed, 1,065 farms inundated in Dondo Cambambe Municipality. MODIS observations of seasonal flooding along the Cuanza river 300 km upriver from Dondo onDecember 25, 29, 30, 31, January 1, 4, 5, 8, 17. Flooding obsevered also father upriver on Cuanza tributaries Feb 20, 22, 24. Upper Okavango in Angola and Namibia seasonally high levels Feb 24 through March 28. Cuanza still high March 3, 10. High levels on the lower Cuanza near Dondo on March 11. High levels on Cuanza, Cuvo and Cunene on March 26, 28. |
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| 14 | Madagascar - Cyclone Ernest | Southwestern Madagascar - | Onilahy, Menarandra, Mandrare | 23-Jan-05 | 2-Feb-05 | 11 | 17 | 8,000 | Tropical cyclone | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 6,750 | 2.0 | 20050331045Mada014Ma2.52 20050320720Mada014M2.46 20050311055Mada014Ma2.52 |
Thousands homes destroyed by Cyclone Ernest, flooding lasts more
than a week after the cyclone. Flooding is rare in this normally arid region.
Almost 8,000 homeless as of Feb 2. 13,000 need emergency relief. MODIS observations of high levels on southern madagascar rivers on January 31, February 1, 2 (compared to January 11) |
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| 13 | Brazil | Sao Paulo state - Aracatuba, Jales. Glicerio, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Rio Claro | Corumbatai, | 29-Jan-05 | 31-Jan-05 | 3 | 10 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCp | 127,900 | 3.9 | Flash floods and mudslides. Road and rail lines damaged. | |||||||
| 12 | Mozambique | Sofala province - Caia,
Marromeu. Dondo and Nhamatanda. Tete province - Mutarara Zambezia province - Mopeia and Chinde. |
Lower Zambezi river Pungue River |
25-Jan-05 | 9-Feb-05 | 16 | Heavy rain | 1 | see notes | Tsz | 24,300 | 4.3 | 20050271125Pung012Ma2.55 | Zambezi river below confluence with Shire has been rising since
early January. Entire lower Zambezi on maximum flood alert by February 1. 700
hectares crops destroyed in Marromeu district; more than 800 hectares in
Sofala and 700 hectares in Tete. Feb 1 - Lower Pungue river burst banks in Dondo and Nhamatanda districts in Sofala. Feb 4-8 - levels on the lower Zambezi begin to subside. Still above flood levels in Caia and Marromeu. Pungue river in Sofala still rising slowly. MODIS observations of high levels on Pungue river on January 26, 27. Bank full levels on Lower Zambezi February 2, 3, 4. |
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| 11 | Australia | Southwestern Victoria - Geelong region - Belmont, Grovedale and Corio | 26-Jan-05 | 28-Jan-05 | 3 | 0 | Heavy rain | 25 | 2 | Cp | 1,120 | 0.7 | Worst flash floods in Geelong area in 25 years. | |||||||
| 10 | Australia | Northern Queensland - Townsville, Mackay, Ayr, Bowen, Hughenden, Proserpine, Yalarbo, Charters Towers. | Burdekin, Gilbert, Lower Diamantina, Lower Georgina, Cape. Eyre Creek | 23-Jan-05 | 28-Jan-05 | 6 | 2 | Monsoonal rain | 1 | Tszo | 618,200 | 14.1 | 20050280350Burd010Ma2.40 20050270025Gilbert010M2.43 |
Heavy rains from tropical low cause widespread flooding. MODIS observation of flooding on lower Gilbert river on January 27. Sediment plume observed at mouth of Burdekin river near Ayr on January 28, 29. |
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| 9 | Saudi Arabia | Medina area. Villages: al-Areesh, al-Yatama, al-Fegra, al- Musaijeed, Al-Hunakeya. Mina | 22-Jan-05 | 27-Jan-05 | 6 | 29 | 50 | Heavy rain | Dam/Levy, break or release | 1 | Tpu | 22,760 | 2.7 | 20050240755Saudi009M2bm | "worst torrential storm to hit Saudi Arabia in 20
years" Al-Yatama dam collapsed near Medina. 43 people rescued in villages near Medina. MODIS observation of flooding near Medina and to the north on January 24, 26. |
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| 8 | Guyana | Georgetown and coastal towns. West Demerara/Essequibo Islands, Demerara/Mahaica, Mahaica/West Berbice. | Demerara River, Mahaica Creek | 15-Jan-05 | 25-Feb-05 | 42 | 31 | 375,000 | $ 500,000,000 | Heavy rain | 120 | 3 | see notes | Tpo | 1,340 | 4.1 | 20050421720GuyanMa2.44 20050401735Guyan008Ma2.46 20050331730Guyan008Ma2.46 20050281710Guya008Ma2.43 20050241435Guya008M2.36 |
More than 50 inches of rain in Guyana since December 26; more
than 27 inches in January. - almost 4 times average rainfall. Flooding causes
thousands to evacuate. Poor drainage in below sea level coastal towns
enhances flooding. Two-thirds of capital city Georgetown flooded. 375,000 in
shelters. About 1,400 square kilometers of coastal areas and riverbanks
flooded. "Since 1880, Guyana has never seen such rainfall!" "heaviest rains in a century" MODIS observation of new water along Guyana coast January 24, 28. February 2, 9, 11. |
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| 7 | Indonesia | South Sumatra Province - regencies: Ogan Komering Ilir, Ogan Ilir,Musi Banyuasin, Palembang Lampung Province - regencies: Tulangbawang, North Lampung, East Lampung, Central Lampung, South Lampung, Tanggamus, Waykanan West Java - Cirebon |
Sumatra - Musi, Tulangbawang | 11-Jan-05 | 10-Feb-05 | 31 | 9 | $ 14,200,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | 42,160 | Tpz | 78,150 | 9.6 | 20050270630SSumat007Ma2.45 20050200625Sumat007Ma2.52 |
Over 21,793 hectares of rice fields and 3,686 hectares of maize
crops destroyed in Lampung; US$14.2 million in damaged crops. Flooding more
severe in Lampung than similar floods in 2002. 16,678 hectares of rice fields damaged in South Sumatra province. MODIS observation of high levels on Tulangbawang in Lampung on January 11, 15, 18, 20, 22, Feb 5. Musi river high around Palembang on January 13, 18, 20, 22, 27, Feb 1, 3, 5. Floods receded to seasonal high levels by February 14, 16, 19 |
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| 6 | Costa Rica and Panama | Costa Rica - Limon
Province: Talamanca, Guacimo, Limon, Matina, Pococi, Siquierres.Heredia Province: Sarapiqui.Cartago Province: Paraiso, Alvarado,
Turrialba.Alajuela Province: San
Ramon Panama - Bocas del Toro |
Sixaola | 11-Jan-05 | 18-Jan-05 | 8 | 4 | 15,000 | $ 25,000,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | Tpo | 7,580 | 1.8 | Costa Rica - 8,000 evacuated on Caribbean coast. Worst flooding
in 3 years. 25 collapsed bridges. 6,642.5 hectares agricultural land
damaged. Panama -10,000 evacuated after 7 rivers flooded. |
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| 5 | USA | Southwestern Utah - counties: Iron,
Washington. - St. George, Santa Clara, Bloomington, Washington City and
Toquerville. Gunlock and Motoqua areas. Caliente Southern Nevada - Overton, Mesquite, and Caliente. Western Las Vegas Valley. Northern Arizona - Beaver Dam, Littlefield. |
Utah - Santa Clara River,
Virgin River Nevada - Muddy, Virgin, Meadow Valley Wash Arizona - Beaver Dam Wash. |
10-Jan-05 | 13-Jan-05 | 4 | 1 | 850 | see notes | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 100 | 2 | CpSe* | 71,020 | 7.4 | 20050661825Mojave005M2bm 20050551840Nevada005M2bm 20050122035UtBonn005Ma2.07 |
Utah - Heavy rains from a very moist air mass from the Pacific.
Santa Clara river at 25 year high, Virgin River at 100 year flood levels. 18
homes destroyed, 5 bridges impassable. Over 225 million in damages. 600
people evacuated. "the most flooding we've seen in at least 15 years." Nevada - 250 evacuated in Overton, NV from Muddy river flooding. Biggest flood in Caliente since the 1930s. Arizona - 22 homes damaged or destroyed by flooding in Beaver Dam and Littlefield. 1,400 homes cut off by flooding in Beaver Dam. USGS water flow gages damaged on Meadow Valley Wash, Beaver Dam Wash, Virgin and Muddy rivers. MODIS observation of the Virgin river in Utah, not normally visible, on January 12. Also Bonneville Salt Flats wet on Jan 12. |
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| 4 | UK | Cumbria, Carlisle (Appleby, Longtown, Shap). Scotland (Morayshire, Peebles,Jedburgh) . West Yorkshire. | Eden, South Tyne, Nith, Tweed, Conwy, Caldew, Findhorn | 8-Jan-05 | 10-Jan-05 | 3 | 3 | 3,000 | Heavy rain | 200 | 3 | C* | 290 | 0.6 | 20050101240UKCarl004Ma2.38 | Thousands homeless. Over 3,000 homes flooded. Two months
rainfall in 24 hours on Jan 8 in Carlisle, worst deluge since 1822. These
floods were more than 3 feet higher than last floods that took place along
the Eden in 1968. Tens of millions of pounds damages in Carlisle. "Worst
floods in almost 200 years" in Carlisle. MODIS observation of a new lake near Carlisle on January 10. |
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| 3 | USA | Southern California - Los Angeles area: Cerritos, Elysian Park, Santa Clarita to San Dimas, Laurel Canyon, Silver Lake, Tujunga. Ventura County:Ojai. San Bernardino County: Forest Falls, Santa Clarita. Santa Barbara County. San Diego County. | Ventura River. Lower Santa Clara, Lower Santa Ynez, San Diego and San Luis Rey Rivers. San Gabriel. | 8-Jan-05 | 11-Jan-05 | 4 | 4 | 500 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsoCs | 560 | 0.3 | A series of winter storms causes flooding and mudslides. Mudslide in La Conchita in Ventura County destroyes 15 homes, kills 10. "More than 15 inches have fallen in Los Angeles in the first nine days of 2005" |
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| 2 | New Zealand | Southern North Island - Wellington region. Lower Hutt, Alexandra, Paekakariki, Otago. | Waitahuna, Pomahaka, Hutt, Waikaka | 7-Jan-05 | 10-Jan-05 | 4 | 0 | see notes | Heavy rain | 20 | 1 | Cp | 240 | 0.2 | Heavy rain on saturated ground causes flash flooding. 80mm of rain in 6 hours. 10 year flood levels on Pomahaka River; 20-year flood levels on the Waitahuna River. River flow measure equipment overwhelmed. Damages in the hundreds of thousands of [New Zealand] dollars. | |||||
| 1 | USA | Ohio
- counties: Hocking, Franklin, Licking, Fairfield, Madison, Pickaway, Marion,
Marietta, Washington,Hamilton,
Tuscarawas. towns: Dayton, Prospect, Bolivar. Indiana - counties: Greene, Daviess, Knox, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Martin, Lawrence, Orange, Jackson, Washington, Posey, Owen, Shelby, Vigo and Madison. Petersburg, Hazleton, Mount Carmel, West Terre Haute. Illinois - Clark and Crawford counties. Lawrenceville, Vandallia, Darwin and York. La Grange and Meredosia. West Virginia - Northern Panhandle area. Wheeling Island. New Cumberland, Wellsburg, Parkersburg. Kentucky - Henderson county Pennsylvania - counties: Beaver, Washington, Allegheny. Missouri - St Louis area. Michigan - Ottawa County. ice jam flooding in Grand Rapids area, Robinson Township. |
Ohio River - from Pittsburg
to the confluence with the Mississippi River Mississippi River - from New Madrid, MO to mid and lower reaches in Mississippi and Lousiana. Ohio - Scioto, Hocking, Licking, Muskingum, Great Miami, Auglaize, Maumee, Saint Marys, Kankakee, Tuscarawas.Big Darby and Big Walnut creeks. Indiana - White, Wabash, East Fork White, Flatrock, Muscatatuck, Big Blue, Mississinewa, Tippecanoe. Illinois - Embarras, Kaskaskia, Illinois, Wabash. West Virginia - Pennsylvania - Monongahela, Youghiogheny, Allegheny. Missouri - Moreau, Maries, Meramec, Black Water, Big, Cuivre. Michigan -Grand River, River Raisin |
5-Jan-05 | 1-Feb-05 | 28 | 3 | 4,000 | Heavy rain | Snowmelt | 90 | 2 | TsuCpSe* | 285,900 | 35.6 | 20050251650WabMiss001M2.18 20050181645MissOh001M2.20 20050171915Miss001Ma2.24 20050151615Scioto001M2.23 20050141845OhWab001Ma2.25 20050091825Scioto001Ma2.30 20050091650Ohio001M2.25 |
Several days of heavy snow, ice and rain on saturated ground
followed by warm temperatures. West Virginia - Heavy damage on Wheeling Island. Jan 6 - Highest levels on Muskingum River since 1964 at McConnelsville, OH. Jan 8 - White River at Newberry and Bloomfield at highest level since March 1913. East Fork of White River at highest levels since 1937 in Lawrence County. Record flooding on Maries River at Westphalia, MO. Jan 10 - Southern Indiana - worst flooding since 1937 in "isolated pockets" Jan 14 - Levees fail along the Wabash River in West Terre Haute. Jan 17 - Wabash river at third highest flood stage in recorded history at Terre Haute. Jan 18 - 3,300 evacuated from Bolivar, Ohio. Feb 1 - 85 Indiana counties are flood disaster areas - highest flood levels in 90 years "Many locations in the Wabash River basin experienced the worst flooding in more than 50 years." MODIS observations of flooding along lower Ohio, Wabash, White and tributaries, and Scioto on January 9, 14, 15, 17, 18, 25. Illinois river high January 16, 25. Middle and lower Mississippi high on January 17, 18, 23, 25. |
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| 2004 - 193 | South Asia - Earthquake and Tsunami | Indonesia - Sumatra - Aceh, North Sumatra. Banda Aceh,
Meulaboh. Sri Lanka - Coastal districts from Jaffna on east to Gampaha on west India - Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh, Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar islands. Thailand - Phuket, Ranong, Phang-Nga, Krabi, Trang and Satun Malaysia - Penang, Kedah Maldives - two thirds of population affected, Male. Somalia - Hafun arean |
26-Dec-04 | 29-Dec-04 | 4 | 281,000 | 5,000,000 | $ 2,000,000,000 | Tidal surge | Earthquake | 3 | Tpz | 55,440 | 9.8 | 20043640405Aceh193M2.43 20043620420Aceh193M2.52 20043610515SrLank193M2.44 |
Magnitude
9.0 earthquake off west coast of Northern Sumatra triggers tsuanamis that
kill tens of thousands in several asian countries. Millions homeless. Indonesia: 104,055 dead. 605,849 displaced Sri Lanka: 30,721 dead, 835,028 displaced. India: 10,136 dead. 379,506 displaced Thailand: 5,187 dead. Jan 1 - 3 - Heavy rains cause flash flooding in Ampara area of eastern Sri Lanka slow relief operations. MODIS observation of wetter coastal areas from Banda Aceh southeast to Meulaboh on northern Sumatra on December 27, 29. Lots of sediment in the water around Phuket, Thailand on December 26. |
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| 2004 -188 | Iran | Bushehr Province - Kalameh in the south of Dashtestan, Tangestan,
Kangan, Assalouyeh Sistan-Balouchistan Province - Iranshahr, Sarbaz Hormozgan Province - Bandar Abass and Sirjan. |
Sarbaz and Kahir | 9-Dec-04 | 1-Jan-05 | 24 | 54 | 4,000 | Heavy rain | 1 | TsuCs | 436,700 | 21.0 | 20043650625SIran188M2bm 20043620730Iran188M2bm 20043550725Bushehr188M2bm 20043460730Bushehr188M2.31 20043451000Bushehr188Ma2.c |
Bushehr December 10 - 100 mm of rain over past 24 hours. 34 dead
in Bushehr December 25 - floods spread to Hormozgan and Sistan-Balouchistan, another 20 deaths in these provinces. MODIS observation of flooding along the Bushehr coast December 10, 11. Floods increased by December 17. More observations Dec 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 30. Flooding spreads to Hormozgan December 27, 31. Floods observed on Sistan-Balouchistan coast on December 28, 30, Jan 1. Big sediment plume off Bandar Abbas Dec 29. |
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| Yearly Totals or Averages: | 13 | 10140 | 19,367,962 | $ 82,249,650,000 | 3,949,546 | 17,456,310 | ||||||||||||||
| An archive number is assigned to any flood that appears to be "large": significant damage to structures or agriculture, long intervals since the last similar event, and/or fatalities | ||||||||||||||||||||
| *Severity Class | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Class 1: large flood events: significant damage to structures or agriculture; fatalities; and/or 1-2 decades-long reported interval since the last similar event. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Class 2: very large events: greater than 20 yr but less than 100 year recurrence interval, and/or a local recurrence interval of at 10-20 yr. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Class 3: Extreme events: with an estimated recurrence interval greater than 100 years | ||||||||||||||||||||
| **Flood Magnitude = ln(duration) * severity class * sqrt(affected region)/100 {if duration=1, then duration is set at 1.1 for this calculation.} | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dartmouth Flood Observatory Homepage | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Causes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Heavy rain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tropical cyclone | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Extra-tropical cyclone | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Monsoonal rain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Snowmelt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rain and snowmelt | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ice jam/break-up | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Dam/Levy, break or release | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Brief torrential rain | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Tidal surge | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Avalanche related | |||||||||||||||||||
