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1996 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows China: 1996 2,566 1953 Japan flood (1953 Northern Kyushu flood and 1953 Wakayama flood), mainly Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Wakayama, Kizugawa, massive rain, flood, mudslide Japan: 1953 2,400 [citation needed] North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands: 838 2,379 [citation needed] 1988 Bangladesh ...
Lists of floods in the United States provide overviews of major floods in the United States. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present. They are organized by time period: before 1901, from 1901 to 2000, and from 2001 to the present.
Flood July 6 1936 5,000+ 1936 North American heat wave: United States, Canada Heat wave June – September 1937 11,021 1937 Great Hong Kong typhoon: China Tropical cyclone September 2 1938 715+ 1938 Hanshin flood: Japan Flood July 1939 32,700–32,968 1939 Erzincan earthquake: Turkey Earthquake December 27 1940 1,000 1940 Vrancea earthquake ...
Caused by a series of storms that led to California's wettest rainy season on record, in modern history. [42] [43] [44] 2017 Flood: 10 2017 Payson flash floods: Arizona: One of the deadliest floods to ever hit Gila County, Arizona: 2016 Wildfire: 14 $990 million 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires: Tennessee
The death toll has eclipsed the 19 deaths caused by the state’s historic flooding in 2015, and closing in on the 26 deaths caused by Hurricane Hugo in 1989. In most cases in South Carolina, the ...
Second-deadliest disaster in United States history. Deadliest drug epidemic in United States history. 700,000 [3] 1981 – present HIV/AIDS in the United States: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated. Third-deadliest disaster in United States history. 675,000 [4] 1918 – 1920 1918 influenza pandemic: Pandemic Nationwide Fatalities estimated.
Helene already ranks in the top 10 deadliest storms in mainland United States history. The number of victims could continue to grow as cleanup and rescue operations continue.
Southern California's deadliest flood happened 85 years ago. We visit its few monuments to learn about the devastation left behind.