Talk:List of deadliest floods

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.23.5.48 (talk) 13:24, 18 July 2009‎

Bob?
Someone wrote "bob" in front of the St. Felix's flood. — Preceding unsigned comment added by YoshiWillWinForever (talk • contribs) 05:20, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Washi Be included
Shouldn't Tropical Storm Washi of 2011 be included 'cause it dropped 400 inches of rain on Mindanao? I dunno how to mess with the infoboxes and I would be happy if someone do it for me. Thanks 76.124.224.179 (talk) 17:32, 1 December 2012 (UTC)


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Dubious list
There are a number of entries here which are listed as landslides - a landslide is not a flood though it may be expected that landslides occur in conjunction with floods during extreme rainfall events. The list could do with some thinning out to leave just actual floods. The Aberfan disaster is in there - that was not a flood. Geopersona (talk) 18:37, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * In fact I've gone ahead and removed Aberfan and Ranrahica as not being floods. I've not altered the ranking as that would be time consuming and ultimately pointless as more items may yet be removed and more added, and indeed death counts altered so the rank tweaking would be endless - can rank - if it is needed at all - be automatically generated from the fatalities column? cheers Geopersona (talk) 18:44, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * After removal of numerous non-flood entries . . . . Note to would-be editors - please note that a landslide is NOT a flood! Geopersona (talk) 19:17, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Multiple causes of death
Numerous of the events listed on this page are recorded as for example, 'floods and mudflows or landslides'. It is probable that varying proportions of the fatalities associated with named events are due to a) flooding, b) landslides, c) mudflows etc and the available records may not distinguish between fatalities due to floods and those due to other causes. This a reason to treat figures with some degree of caution; it is hardly surprising that heavy rainfall will give rise to multiple hazards - not all deaths recorded here will be due to flooding per se. cheers Geopersona (talk) 18:53, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

1938 China floods
We should point out that the 1938 Yellow River flood was not a natural disaster but a deliberate act of environmental warfare. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GS-216.1993 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 25 August 2019 (UTC)

1931 China Floods
The death toll is given as between 500,000 and 4,000,001. Seriously? 4 million + 1?

Given that the range of uncertainty is 3.5 million, that "1" represents 0.00003% -- a ridiculous level of precision, given the range of possible error.

Should just be 4,000,000.

Floods
Canadian 41.79.198.154 (talk) 16:27, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Why no mention of Boxing Day 2004 tsunami ?
That was a catastrophe of Biblical proportions, yet no mention! I realize cause was an undersea quake in Indian Ocean, but it was the WATER which overwhelmed and kills those thousands of folks, no? Anyone know why that one shouldn't be rostered among all the others? [signed] FLORIDA BRYAN 2600:1700:B9B0:4500:F0FA:9EFD:3D8A:BA42 (talk) 09:56, 15 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Because it’s a tsunami, not a flood 81.109.119.32 (talk) 19:53, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Ahrtal 2021
In the summer of 2021 there was a flooding with 134 people lost. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahrtal 213.55.220.243 (talk) 07:34, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

why double list?
Given that the main list in the article is sortable by year, why do we have the "floods by year" section? --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106;&#x1D110;&#x1d107; 15:39, 16 October 2023 (UTC)