User:Harrz/List of floods (2000–present)
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This list of floods records serious flooding incidents which have multiple fatalities or some other significance. This list records floods from the year 2000. For earlier floods, see list of floods (before 2000).
| Notable floods | ||||||||||
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| 2000s: | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| 2010s: | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020s: | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
| References | ||||||||||
2000s[edit]
2000[edit]
- 12 January – Mozambique – 2000 Mozambique flood. Up to 800 people were killed as many as 1 million lost their homes following extensive flooding,[1] which was worsened by Cyclones Connie, Leon–Eline and Gloria.[2]
- 17 February – Madagascar – Early 2000 Madagascar floods. 205 people were killed following flooding caused by Cyclones Leon–Eline and Gloria.[3]
- 17 September – Bangladesh and India – 2000 India–Bangladesh floods. Over 400 people were killed and 15 million left homeless following extensive flooding in West Bengal.[4]
- 13 October – France, Italy and Switzerland – Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods. 13-38 people were killed in floods which caused €10.5 billion in damage.[5]
2001[edit]
- 5 June – United States – Tropical Storm Allison. Following a tropical cyclone, flooding hit Louisiana and Texas, where it killed 27 people and caused $9 billion in damage.[6]
- 10 November – Algeria – Flooding in Algiers, particularly the neighbourhood of Bab El Oued, killed 751 people and caused over $300 million in damage.[7]
2002[edit]
- 19 February – Bolivia – 2002 La Paz floods. Flash floods in Bolivia's capital, La Paz, killed 74 people and caused extensive damage to the city.[8]
- 31 March – Spain – Tenerife flood of 2002. A flash flood in Santa Cruz de Tenerife killed eight people and caused €20 million in damage.[9]
- 1 June – China – 1,532 people were killed during China's 2002 flood season, which caused CN¥68 billion in damage.[10]
- 2 June – Chile – 2002 Northern Chile floods and mudflow. Flash floods killed 16 people.[11]
- 1 August – Europe – 2002 European floods. 232 people were killed following flooding in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine which caused €25.2 billion in damage.[5]
2003[edit]
- 28 April – Argentina – 2003 Santa Fe flood. 23 people were killed by floods in Santa Fe which caused over $3 billion in damage.[12]
- 30 August – United States – Jacobs Creek flood. A flash flood killed six people on the Kansas Turnpike near Emporia, Kansas.[13]
- 2 November – Indonesia – Up to 239 people were killed after a flood in North Sumatra devastated the town of Bahorok.[14]
2004[edit]
- 18 May – Dominican Republic and Haiti – May 2004 Caribbean floods. Widepspread flooding on the island of Hispaniola killed over 2,665 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[15]
- 17 September – Haiti – Flooding killed at least 3,006 people following Hurricane Jeanne, 2,826 of which were in the city of Gonaïves.[16]
- 25 June – India – 2004 Bihar flood. Floods in the state of Bihar killed 885 people.[17]
2005[edit]
- 26 July – India – Maharashtra floods of 2005. Following heavy rainfall, parts of Maharashtra, especially Mumbai, experienced flooding which killed 1,096 people.[18]
- 29 August – United States – Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina killed 518 people.[19]
2006[edit]
- 14 July – North Korea – 2006 North Korean floods. Torrential rains caused floods which killed at least 549 people.[20]
2007[edit]
- 26 July – China – Floods across China killed 1,348 people and caused $10 billion in damage.[21]
- 7 August – North Korea – 2007 North Korean floods. Heavy rains caused floods in parts of North Korea including its capital city Pyongyang, which killed at least 600 people.[22]
2008[edit]
- 3 July – India – 2008 Indian floods. Floods began during the monsoon season in seven states, including Bihar, and killed 2,404 people.[23]
- 19 October – Yemen – Deep Depression ARB 02 (2008). A weak tropical cyclone flooded the governorates of Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah and killed 180 people.[24]
2009[edit]
2010s[edit]
2010[edit]
- 10 May – China – 2010 China floods. Floods which also caused a deadly mudslide killed 3,185 people and caused over CN¥350 billion in damage.[25]
- 26 July – Pakistan – 2010 Pakistan floods. Heavy monsoon rains in the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh caused flooding which killed 1,985 people.[15]
2011[edit]
- 11 January – Brazil – January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides. Floods in mountainous areas of the state of Rio de Janeiro killed 904 people and caused R$2 billion in damage.[26]
- 16 December – Philippines – Tropical Storm Washi. Heavy rains from a tropical storm caused large floods in Bukidnon, Lanao Del Norte and Misamis Oriental which killed 1,472 people.[27]
2012[edit]
2013[edit]
- 16 June – India – 2013 North India floods. A cloudburst in the state of Uttarakhand caused extensive flooding which killed 6,054 people.[15]
2014[edit]
2015[edit]
2016[edit]
2017[edit]
2018[edit]
2019[edit]
2020s[edit]
2020[edit]
- 27 May – South Asia – 2020 South Asian floods. Heavy monsoons in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka spawned floods which killed 3,386 people.[28]
2021[edit]
2022[edit]
- 15 June – Pakistan – 2022 Pakistan floods. Flooding across Pakistan killed 1,739 people across the country.[29]
2023[edit]
- 10 September – Libya – Derna dam collapses. Two dams failed following Storm Daniel, causing extensive flooding which killed at least 11,300 people in Derna.[30]
2024[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mozambique Situation Report 26 May 2000". ReliefWeb. 26 May 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ Christie, Frances; Hanlon, Joseph (2001). Mozambique & the Great Flood of 2000. Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-253-33978-2.
- ^ "Madagascar: Cyclones and Floods - Information Bulletin n° 2". ReliefWeb. 13 March 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "West Bengal Floods Situation Report 27 Sep 2000". ReliefWeb. 27 September 2000. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ a b Kundzewicz, Zbigniew W.; Pińskwar, Iwona; Brakenridge, G. Robert (3 January 2012). "Large floods in Europe, 1985–2009". Hydrological Sciences Journal. 58 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1080/02626667.2012.745082. ISSN 0262-6667.
- ^ R Stewart, Stacy (28 November 2001). "Tropical Cyclone Report - Tropical Storm Allison" (PDF). National Hurricane Center. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Algeria - Floods Fact Sheet #1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2002". ReliefWeb. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "El 19 de febrero de 2002 la noche se anticipó con luto y desnudó la inviabilidad de La Paz". urgente.bo (in Spanish). 19 February 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Cana, L.; Grisolía-Santos, D.; Sancho, P. (October 2002). "The 31 March 2002 Sta. Cruz de Tenerife flash flood" (PDF). University of the Balearic Islands. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "China: Flash Floods Appeal No. 16/02 Operations Update No. 5". ReliefWeb. 31 December 2002. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Chile: Oficina Nacional de Emergencia - Sistema frontal Informe 369". ReliefWeb (in Spanish). 12 June 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ De Majo, Veronica (15 October 2022). "Institutional conditions for building proactive flood management: Lessons from santa Fe in Argentina". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 81. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103251. ISSN 2212-4209. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ Potter, Tim (11 November 2015). "Kansas agency knew of turnpike flooding troublespots before latest death, records show". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Indonesia: Flood death toll at 239". ReliefWeb. 24 November 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Human cost of disasters - An overview of the last 20 years 2000-2019" (PDF). ReliefWeb. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Haiti flood death toll passes 3,000". ReliefWeb. 5 October 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Loss of Public Property". Government of Bihar. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Maharashtra Floods 2005" (PDF). Ministry of Relief and Rehabilitation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Flooding and Fatalities Due to Hurricane Katrina". NewsWise. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Up to 800 killed or missing from N.Korea floods". China Daily. 7 August 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Lessons learned from past notable disasters part III A: China' floods". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "At least 600 dead in flooding: North Korea". CTV News. 25 August 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Flooding deaths now 2,400 in monsoon-hit India=". CNN News. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Heavy flooding in Yemen Situation Report No. 3 - 27 Oct 2008". ReliefWeb. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Floods, landslides leave 3,185 dead in China this year: MCA". Xinhua. 31 August 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Número de mortos na Região Serrana já passa de 900 após chuvas de janeiro". O Globo (in Portuguese). 16 February 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Emergency appeal final report - Philippines: Tropical Storm Washi" (PDF). International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 25 August 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Global Catastrophe Recap December 2020" (PDF). Aon. December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "NDMA Floods (2022) SITREP - 2022" (PDF). National Disaster Management Authority. 18 November 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Libya floods: Warning over shortage of body bags as fears of disease rise in Derna". Sky News. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.