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In a 1973 City of Calgary flood plain management report by Montreal Engineering Co. Ltd., estimates of flood-frequency of the Bow River upstream of the Elbow River in Calgary provided the following results: There is a 10-percent annual exceedance probability (AEP) flood or a 10-year flood return period with a peak flow or flood discharge ...
The 2019 Townsville flood was a major flood event that occurred in the city of Townsville and surrounding areas, on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. [1] Townsville has endured around 20 major flooding events since colonial settlement in the 1860s, but the 2019 event was one of the worst natural disasters to ever impact the region. [ 2 ]
Western Canada Prairies and West Coast 685 Deadliest weather event in the history of Canada 2021 June 30 Lytton wildfire: Wildfire Lytton, British Columbia West Coast 2 Several Over 90% of Lytton destroyed [47] 2021 November 14 British Columbia Floods: Floods lower half of British Columbia: West Coast 4 at least 10 Provincial state of emergency ...
This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.
1967 Brazil flood, mainly Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, flood and landslide Brazil: 1967 431 St. Francis Dam failure United States 1928 431 2015 Tamil Nadu floods Chennai, Cuddalore and Andhra Pradesh named 2015 South Indian floods: India: 2015 429 2002 Nepal flood, mainly occurred at Makwanpur, monssnal rain, flood, landslide Nepal: 2002 425
Queensland floods or Brisbane floods may refer to: March 2010 Queensland floods; 2010–2011 Queensland floods; January 2012 floods; January 2013 eastern Australia floods; see Cyclone Oswald; 2021 eastern Australia floods; 2022 eastern Australia floods
Townsville flood: Queensland 5 [26] February 2020: Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha: NSW, WA: 0: March 2021 Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 eastern Australia floods).
Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life, brought about by forces other than the ...