List of floods

This is a list of major floods.

Floods by occurrences

List of floods

14th century

15th century

17th century

19th century

20th century

1910s
1920s
1930s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
1992–3
1994–5
1996–7
1998–9

21st century

2000s
2000–1
2002–3
2004–5
2006–7
2008–9
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Floods by region

Africa

Asia

East Asia

China
Fighting the 1954 Yangtze Flood, as depicted on a monument in Wuhan
Hong Kong
Japan
Picture show at heavy rain, following flood in Shira River, Kumamoto, Kyushu, July 2012
North Korea
South Korea

South Asia

Bangladesh
India
Pakistan

Southeast Asia

Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand

Europe

Czech Republic

France

Germany

Italy

Poland

Portugal

Spain

United Kingdom

England
Scotland
Wales
Llanrwst from the air during December 2015 flooding.

North America

Canada

United States

Oceania

Australia

On the left is a photo taken during the 1998 floods in Swifts Creek in Australia. On the right is the same location 8 years later

Fiji

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Papua New Guinea

South America

Brazil

Chile

Uruguay

See also

References

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