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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.
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 ...
The third deadliest flash flood in US history, the normally placid Willow Creek burst its banks during an intense rain and hail storm. The city of Heppner, at the foothills of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon, was almost completely destroyed. 220 of Heppner's 1,400 residents died in the flood. [3] Flooding in Battle Creek in 1904
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 ...
The Vermont flood of 1927 is probably the worst flood in Vermont history doing $30 million in damages, which would be $270 million today, killed over 83 people and left 9,000 homeless. [74] [75] The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was one of the most destructive floods in United States history.
Deadliest firestorm in United States history 1862 Flood >5,000 $100 million (1862 USD); $262.2 billion (2020 USD) Great Flood of 1862: California, Oregon, Utah, and the territories that now make up Arizona and Nevada: An atmospheric river led to 43 continuous days of rain, lasting from December 1861 until January 1862.
The June 23, 2016 flooding in West Virginia was one of the deadliest floods in state history, and deadliest flash flood in U.S. history since the 2010 Tennessee Floods. The flooding was caused by 8 to 10 inches of rainfall over a 12-hour period. 23 people perished from the floods, and hardest hit counties included Greenbrier, Kanawha, Jackson ...
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.