Death count
|
Event
|
Location
|
Year
|
930,000–2,000,000
|
1887 Yellow River flood
|
China
|
1887
|
422,499–4,000,000
|
1931 China floods
|
China
|
1931
|
400,000–893,303
|
1938 Yellow River flood
|
China
|
1939
|
145,000
|
1935 Yangtze flood
|
China
|
1935
|
up to 100,000
[1]
[2]
[3]
|
The flood of 1099
|
Netherlands,
England
|
1099
|
0 or 36,000 or 60,000
[4]
|
North Sea flood,
storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1212
|
50,000–80,000
[2]
|
St. Lucia's flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1287
|
40,000
[5]
|
1949 Eastern Guatemalan floods
|
Guatemala
|
1949
|
36,000
|
First St. Marcellus flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1219
|
33,000
|
1954 Yangtze River floods
|
China
|
1954
|
27,000–1,500,000
|
1974 Bangladesh flood due to monsoon rain
|
Bangladesh
|
1974
|
26,000–240,000
|
1975 Banqiao Dam failure and floods
|
China
|
1975
|
25,000–40,000
|
St. Marcellus flood /
Grote Mandrenke, storm tide
|
Holy Roman Empire,
Denmark
|
1362
|
20,000–25,000
|
All Saints' Flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1570
|
20,000
|
1939 Tianjin flood[
citation needed]
|
China
|
1939
|
15,000
[6]
|
1705
Po valley flood
|
Italy
|
1705
|
14,000
|
Christmas flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands,
Germany,
Denmark
|
1717
|
11,498+
|
Storm Daniel
|
Libya,
Greece,
Turkey,
Bulgaria,
Egypt
|
2023
|
10,000–100,000
[1]
[2]
[3]
|
St. Elizabeth's flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1421
|
10,000–30,000
|
1999 Vargas mudslide
|
Venezuela
|
1999
|
8,000–15,000
|
Burchardi flood
|
Germany,
Denmark
|
1634
|
7,000
[6]
|
1557
Palermo flood
|
Sicily
|
1557
|
6,200[
citation needed]
|
Sichuan,
Hubei,
Anhui flood
|
China
|
1980
|
6,054
|
2013 North India floods
|
India
|
2013
|
5,154 (official)[
citation needed]
|
1963 Great Hai River flood
|
China
|
1963
|
5,000–10,000[
citation needed]
|
Rajasthan flood
|
India
|
1943
|
5,000[
citation needed]
|
Lake Palcacocha in the Cojup valley,
Cordillera Blanca mountain range, landslide by massive avalanche
|
Peru
|
1941
|
4,892
[5]
|
1968
Rajasthan,
Gujarat monsoon rain
|
India
|
1968
|
4,800[
citation needed]
|
1951
Manchuria flood
|
China
|
1951
|
4,000
[6]
|
1610
Tanaro River flood
|
Italy
|
1610
|
3,838[
citation needed]
|
1998
Eastern India,
Bangladesh monsoon rain
|
India,
Bangladesh
|
1998
|
3,814[
citation needed]
|
1989
Sichuan flood
|
China
|
1989
|
3,800[
citation needed]
|
1978
Northern India monsoon rain
|
India
|
1978
|
3,656[
citation needed]
|
1998
Yangtze river flood
|
China
|
1998
|
3,500[
citation needed]
|
1948
Fuzhou flood
|
China
|
1948
|
3,189+
|
2010 China floods, landslides
|
China,
North Korea
|
2010
|
3,083
[7]
|
1993 South Asian Monsoon Flood
|
Nepal,
India,
Bangladesh,
Pakistan
|
1993
|
3,076[
citation needed]
|
2004
Eastern India,
Bangladesh monsoon rain
|
India,
Bangladesh
|
2004
|
3,000
[6]
|
1530
Tiber River flood
|
Italy
|
1530
|
3,000
[6]
|
1598
Tiber River flood
|
Italy
|
1598
|
3,000[
citation needed]
|
1992
Afghanistan flood, mainly,
Gulbahar,
Kalotak,
Shutul,
Parwan, flash flood, mudslide
|
Afghanistan
|
1992
|
2,910[
citation needed]
|
1950
Pakistan flood
|
Pakistan
|
1950
|
2,828+
|
2011 Southeast Asian floods
|
Philippines,
Thailand,
Cambodia,
Myanmar,
Vietnam,
Laos,
Malaysia
|
2011
|
2,775[
citation needed]
|
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 monsoon rain
|
Bangladesh
|
1988
|
2,209
|
Johnstown Flood
|
United States (
Pennsylvania)
|
1889
|
2,142
|
North Sea flood of 1953 storm surge
|
Netherlands,
United Kingdom,
Belgium
|
1953
|
2,075[
citation needed]
|
1981
Sichuan,
Shanxi flood
|
China
|
1981
|
2,055[
citation needed]
|
1987
Bangladesh monsoon rain
|
Bangladesh
|
1987
|
several thousands[
citation needed]
|
North Sea flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1014
|
several thousands[
citation needed]
|
St. Juliana flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1164
|
several thousands[
citation needed]
|
St. Agatha flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1288
|
several thousands[
citation needed]
|
St. Clemens flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1334
|
several thousands
|
St. Mary Magdalene's flood
|
Central Europe
|
1342
|
several thousands[
citation needed]
|
All Saints flood, storm surge
|
Holy Roman Empire
|
1532
|
several thousands[
citation needed]
|
North Sea flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands
|
1703
|
2,000–10,000
|
Great Iran Flood
|
Iran
|
1954
|
2,000–5,000
1
|
Morvi dam burst
|
India (Morvi,
Gujarat)
|
1979
|
2,000–3,000[
citation needed]
|
Mostaganem and
Oran flood
|
Algeria
|
1927
|
2,000+
|
Bristol Channel floods
|
England and
Wales; possible
tsunami
|
1607
|
2,000+
|
May 2004 Caribbean floods
|
Haiti,
Dominican Republic,
Puerto Rico,
Jamaica,
Cuba,
Bahamas,
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
2004
|
1,985
|
Pakistan floods, monsoon flooding
[8]
[9]
[10]
[11]
|
Pakistan
|
2010
|
1,921
[5]
[6]
|
Vajont Dam landslide and flood
|
Italy
|
1963
|
1,834[
citation needed]
|
1992
Pakistan,
Northern India monsoon rain
|
Pakistan,
India
|
1992
|
1,739
[12]
|
2022 Pakistan floods
|
Pakistan
|
2022
|
1,723[
citation needed]
|
1991
China flood, mainly,
Sichuan,
Guizhou,
Hubei, torrential floods, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
1991
|
1,700[
citation needed]
|
1955 Northern India flood
|
India
|
1955
|
1,624[
citation needed]
|
Fujian,
Anhui,
Zhejiang flood
|
China
|
2005
|
1,605–3,363[
citation needed]
|
spring flooding
|
Haiti,
Dominican Republic
|
2004
|
1,558
|
St. Martin flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands
|
1686
|
1,532[
citation needed]
|
2002 China flood, torrential floods, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
2002
|
1,503[
citation needed]
|
Mumbai and the surrounding state
Maharashtra,
Karnataka, monsoon rain in
2005
|
India
|
2005
|
1,437[
citation needed]
|
1995 China flood, mainly,
Hunan,
Jiangxi,
Liaoning,
Sichuan,
Fujian, torrential rain, devastating floods, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
1995
|
1,348
|
2007 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows
|
China
|
2007
|
1,268
|
Floods caused by
Tropical Storm Washi
[13]
|
Philippines
|
2011
|
1,029
|
2004 China flood, mountain torrents, mud-rock flows, landslide
|
China
|
2004
|
1,000–8,000
|
2016 Indian floods by monsoon rain
|
India
|
2016
|
1,000[
citation needed]
|
1961
Bihar flood
|
India
|
1961
|
992
|
1957 Isahaya flood, massive rain and mudslide
|
Japan
|
1957
|
941
|
Inuyama
Iruka pond dam failure
|
Japan
|
1868
|
933
|
1938 Hanshin flood, mainly
Tokyo,
Kobe, massive rain and landslide
|
Japan
|
1938
|
915
|
Barcelona,
flash flood
|
Spain
|
1962
|
903
|
January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
Brazil
|
2011
|
848
|
1977
Karachi flood
|
Pakistan
|
1977
|
844
|
2006 North Korean floods
|
North Korea
|
2006
|
827
|
Algiers,
Bab El Oued, devastating flood, mudslide
|
Algeria
|
2001
|
800
|
North Sea flood, storm surge
|
Netherlands
|
1825
|
800
|
2000
Mozambique flood
|
Mozambique
|
2000
|
705
|
2006
Ethiopia flood, mainly
Omo River Delta,
Dire Dawa,
Tena,
Gode, flash flood, heavyrain
|
Ethiopia
|
2006
|
677
|
2009 August 8 flood, due to
Typhoon Morakot, An entire village of Shiaolin was buried at the southern county of
Kaohsiung
|
Taiwan
|
2009
|
672
|
1972 Seoul flood
|
South Korea
|
1972
|
653
|
1972 Luzon flood
|
Philippines
|
1972
|
640
|
1987
Villatina landslide disaster
|
Colombia
|
1987
|
610
|
2007 North Korean floods
|
North Korea
|
2007
|
595
|
1999 Vietnamese floods
|
Vietnam
|
1999
|
594
|
Hanoi and
Red River Delta flood
|
North Vietnam
|
1971
|
540
|
1969
Tunisia flooding
|
Tunisia
|
1969
|
532
|
Cuzco,
Huallaga, torrential rain, flooding, landslide
|
Peru
|
1982
|
517
|
1967 Massive rain of Japan, mainly, Kobe,
Kure,
Agano River, massive rain and landslide
|
Japan
|
1967
|
506
|
KwaZulu-
Natal
|
South Africa
|
1987
|
1678
The flood of Chile
|
500
|
Malawi, flash flood and landslide
|
Malawi
|
1991
|
500
|
Gauldal, landslide
|
Norway
|
1345
|
500
[14]
|
2018 East Africa floods
|
Kenya,
Ethiopia,
Uganda,
Rwanda, and
Somalia
|
2018
|
483
|
2018 Kerala floods
|
India
|
2018
|
464
|
Lisbon flash flood
|
Portugal
|
1967
|
449+
|
2016 China floods
|
China
|
2016
|
445
|
Western Japan, massive rains and landslides
|
Japan
|
1972
|
437
|
1967
Brazil flood, mainly
Rio de Janeiro,
São Paulo, flood and landslide
|
Brazil
|
1967
|
431
|
St. Francis Dam failure
|
United States (
California)
|
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
|
October 1999 Mexico floods, mainly occurred at
Tabasco,
Puebla,
Chiapas, flood and mudslide as a result from
Tropical Depression Eleven
|
Mexico
|
1999
|
421
|
Malpasset Dam failure
|
France
|
1959
|
420
|
St. Aarons Flood
|
Amsterdam
|
1420
|
408
|
1969 South Korea flood, mainly,
Gyeongsangbuk-do,
Gyeongsangnam-do,
Gangwon-do, torrential rain, landslide
|
South Korea
|
1969
|
407
|
1993
Iran flood, mainly occurred at
Isfahan,
Bandar Abass, flash flood and landslide
|
Iran
|
1993
|
405
|
1998 South Korea flood, heavy massive rain, landslide
|
South Korea
|
1998
|
400
|
1955
Lebanon
Tripoli flood
|
Lebanon
|
1955
|
386
|
Thailand,
Malaysia, mainly,
Nakhon,
Songkhla,
Kelantan, torrential rain |
Thailand,
Malaysia
|
1988
|
385
|
Ohio River flood of 1937
|
United States (
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,
West Virginia,
Kentucky,
Indiana,
Illinois)
|
1937
|
373
|
1966
Rio de Janeiro flood, flood and landslide
|
Brazil
|
1966
|
364
|
Piura,
Tumbes, torrential rain, flooding, landslide
|
Peru
|
1983
|
360+
|
Great Dayton Flood
|
United States
|
1913
|
360
|
1958
Buenos Aires flood
|
Argentina
|
1958
|
356+
[6]
[15]
|
1923
Gleno Dam failure
|
Italy
|
1923
|
353
|
2007 African Nations flood
|
mainly
Sudan,
Nigeria,
Burkina Faso,
Ghana,
Kenya, and many African country
|
2007
|
347
|
1996 Yemen flood
|
Yemen
|
1996
|
345
|
1987 South Korea flood, mainly,
Chungchongnam-do,
Jeollanam-do,
Kangwon, torrential rain, landslide
|
South Korea
|
1987
|
342
|
2006 East African Flood
|
Kenya,
Ethiopia,
Somalia
|
2006
|
315
|
North Sea flood of 1962 storm tide
|
Germany
|
1962
|
313
|
2003
Sumatra flood, mainly
Jambi,
Batanghari,
Tondano, torrential rain, flash flood, landslide
|
Indonesia
|
2003
|
302
|
2021 Henan floods
|
China
|
2021
|
300
[6]
|
1584
Tanaro River flood
|
Italy
|
1584
|
300
|
Flood in Miskolc, 1878
|
Miskolc,
Hungary
|
1878
|
300
|
Pampayacta avalanche
|
Peru
|
1963
|
300
|
Quebrada Blanca canyon, landslide
|
Colombia
|
1974
|
299
|
1982 Nagasaki flood
|
Japan
|
1982
|
290
|
Rio de Janeiro and
Fluminense flood
|
Brazil
|
1988
|
272
|
1973
Granada,
Almeria,
Murcia flood
|
Spain
|
1973
|
270
|
Great Sheffield flood dam disaster
|
United Kingdom
|
1864
|
268
|
Val di Stava dam disaster
|
Italy
|
1985
|
259
|
1966
Maian flood
|
Jordan
|
1966
|
255
|
1998
Tajikistan flood
|
Tajikistan
|
1998
|
251
|
2021 Maharashtra floods
|
India
|
2021
|
250
|
La Josefina landslide dam failure
|
Ecuador
|
1993
|
246+
|
April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
|
2010
|
246
|
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
|
United States (
Arkansas,
Illinois,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Tennessee,
Texas,
Oklahoma,
Kansas)
|
1927
|
242
|
2021 European floods
|
Austria,
Belgium,
Germany,
Italy,
Luxembourg,
Netherlands,
Switzerland,
United Kingdom,
Romania,
Czech Republic,
Croatia
|
2021
|
240
|
2017 Gujarat flood
|
Gujarat and
Rajasthan, India
|
2017
|
238
|
Black Hills flood
|
United States
|
1972
|
235–244
|
2009 Philippine Floods
[16]
|
Philippines
|
2009
|
233
|
2020 Central Vietnam floods
|
Vietnam,
Cambodia,
Laos
|
2020
|
230
|
Marrakesh flash flood
|
Morocco
|
1995
|
228
|
2007
Balochistan flood by
Cyclone Yemyin
|
Pakistan
|
2007
|
223
|
2012 North Korean floods
|
North Korea
|
2012
|
225
|
2018 Japan floods
|
Japan
|
2018
|
203+
|
2017 China floods
|
China
|
2017
|
200–600
|
1824 St. Petersburg flood
|
Russia
|
1824
|
200–600
|
Chungar landslide, flood, avalanche
|
Peru
|
1971
|
200+
|
2008 South China floods
|
South China
|
2008
|
200
|
Pamir Mountain area, mud and rock slides, torrential rain
|
Tajikistan
|
1992
|
199
|
Santa Catarina,
Tubarão, torrential heavy rain
|
Brazil
|
1974
|
199
|
2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides
|
El Salvador
|
2009
|
190
|
Huigra, landslide
|
Ecuador
|
1931
|
187
|
Ulaanbaatar-Tov area, heavy rain, mostly during August
|
Mongolia
|
1982
|
172
|
2012 Russian floods
|
Krymsk
|
2012
|
165
|
2004
Brazil flood, mainly
São Paulo,
Pemambuco, torrential rain, mudslide
|
Brazil
|
2004
|
159
|
Sarno flood and landslide
|
Italy
|
1998
|
154
|
KwaZulu-
Natal
|
South Africa
|
1995
|
141+
|
2010–2011 Southern Africa floods
|
Africa
|
2011
|
140+
|
2019 Pakistan floods and storms
|
Pakistan
|
2019
|
139
|
Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)
|
United States of America
|
1874
|
138
|
2010 Colombia floods
|
Colombia
|
2010
|
135
|
Ozengeli, avalanche
|
Turkey
|
1993
|
128
|
Izumo, massive rain and mudslide
|
Japan
|
1964
|
125+
|
2010 Leh floods
|
Jammu and Kashmir,
Pakistan/
India
|
2010
|
123
|
2009
Jeddah Torrential rain, floods
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2009
|
121
|
1986 Northern Vietnam floods
|
Vietnam
|
1986
|
120
|
1991
Antofagasta Flood, mud swept
|
Chile
|
1991
|
119
|
2007 Central and
East Java torrential monsoon rain, landslide, flood
|
Indonesia
|
2007
|
117
|
Masuda, massive rain and landslide
|
Japan
|
1983
|
115
|
Los Angeles flood of 1938
|
United States
|
1938
|
114
|
1990 South Korea flood,
Seoul,
Inchon, heavy rain
|
South Korea
|
1990
|
113
|
2019 Jayapura flood and landslide
|
Indonesia
|
2019
|
113
|
2021 Afghanistan flood,
2021 Nuristan floods
|
Afghanistan
|
2021
|
110
|
Southern Federal District, heavy rain, landslide
[17]
|
Russia
|
2002
|
106
|
1997 Central European flood
|
Poland,
Czech Republic
|
1997
|
104
|
1981
Laingsburg flood
|
South Africa
|
1981
|
101
|
2013 Argentina floods
|
Argentina
|
2013
|
101
|
2016 Sri Lankan floods
|
Sri Lanka
|
2016
|
100+
|
2023 North India floods
|
India
|
2023
|
100
|
2008 Vietnam floods
|
Vietnam,
China
|
2008
|
94
|
The Mameyes disaster
|
Puerto Rico (
Ponce)
|
1985
|
90+
|
Columbus, Ohio flood on March 25, 1913
|
United States
|
1913
|
86
|
"Las Nieves" camping river flood, in
Biescas.
|
Spain
|
1996
|
85+
|
January 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides
|
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
|
2010
|
81+
|
Valencia flood
|
Valencia, Spain
|
1957
|
81
|
Holmfirth floods—Bilberry Reservoir dam failure
|
United Kingdom
|
1852
|
81
|
2021 Turkey floods
|
Turkey
|
2021
|
80–100
[18]
|
1852 Gundagai flood
|
Australia
|
1852
|
80+
|
2014 Southeast Europe floods
|
Serbia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia
|
2014
|
80
[19]
|
1988 Sudan floods
|
Sudan
|
1988
|
80
|
Failure of Laurel Run Dam and flash flooding,
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|
United States
|
1977
|
78
|
Austin Dam failure
|
United States
|
1911
|
77+
|
2019 Iran floods
|
Iran
|
2019
|
73
|
1993 Kagoshima Heavy Rain, mudslide and debris flow
|
Japan
|
1993
|
72+
|
Nigeria floods
|
Nigeria
|
2012
|
72
|
Gudbrandsdalen flood and landslides
|
Norway
|
1789
|
69
|
2005 levee failures in Greater New Orleans
|
United States
|
2005
|
68
|
2019 South Sulawesi floods
|
Indonesia
|
2019
|
67
|
2003 Santa Fe flood
|
Argentina
|
2003
|
66
|
2020 Jakarta floods
|
Indonesia
|
2020
|
62
|
2021 Niger floods
|
Niger
|
2021
|
61
[20]
|
Clermont and Peak Downs flood
|
Australia
|
1916
|