Flood: Past Incidents

Mount Vesuvius burned Pompeii. Hurricane Katrina wiped New Orleans. Al Qaeda's terrorism crashed the World Trade Center. The Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake shook Iran. The '82 flood starved Australia. The Tri-State tornado spun through Midwestern United States. Slobodan Milosevic and the Serbian army shelled Bosnia. Agent Orange rained down throughout Vietnam. The Mameyes landslide covered Puerto Rico. The December Tsunami flooded South and South East Asia.

1931
Between 800,000 and 4,000,000 deaths result from over-flooding of the Huang He River in China.
1953
Over 2,000 deaths resulted as the North Sea flooded in numerous Dutch provinces.
1955
Over 100 homes were destroyed and 45,000 evacuated as a result of the Hunter Valley Floods in New Zealand.
1972
122 deaths result from the overflowing of the Hudson River in New York and Pennsylvania, United States.
1975
Over sixty dams were destroyed and 200,000 deaths resulted as Typhoon Nina flooded China‘s Henan Province.
1982
More than 30 deaths resulted as the Jucar river in Valencia, Spain broke the Tou’s reservoir causing a deluge of water a rate of 16.000 m3/seg.
2000
1,500,000 were affected, 90% of the infrastructure ruined and over 800 deaths resulted when heavy rainfall hit Mozambique. More damage ensued after Cyclone Eline hit the ravaged region.
2001
5.5 billion US dollars in damages and 55 deaths resulted from floods caused by Tropical Storm Allison when it hit Houston, Texas, United States.
2002
22.6 billion Euro in damages and over 100 deaths resulted from the European flood caused in part by an inundation of the Danube River.
2005
Over 700 deaths resulted from flooding in Mumbai, India
2005
75 billion US Dollars and 1,442 deaths resulted from the floodwaters associated with Hurricane Katrina when it hit New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, additionally incapacitating 80% of the city.

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