User:Harrz/List of floods (2000–present)

This list of floods records serious flooding incidents which have multiple fatalities or some other significance. This list records floods from the year 2000. For earlier floods, see list of floods (before 2000).

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2000

 * 12 January – Mozambique – 2000 Mozambique flood. Up to 800 people were killed as many as 1 million lost their homes following extensive flooding, which was worsened by Cyclones Connie, Leon–Eline and Gloria.
 * 17 February – Madagascar – Early 2000 Madagascar floods. 205 people were killed following flooding caused by Cyclones Leon–Eline and Gloria.
 * 17 September – Bangladesh and India – 2000 India–Bangladesh floods. Over 400 people were killed and 15 million left homeless following extensive flooding in West Bengal.
 * 13 October – France, Italy and Switzerland – Autumn 2000 Western Europe floods. 13-38 people were killed in floods which caused €10.5 billion in damage.

2001

 * 5 June – United States – Tropical Storm Allison. Following a tropical cyclone, flooding hit Louisiana and Texas, where it killed 27 people and caused $9 billion in damage.
 * 10 November – Algeria – Flooding in Algiers, particularly the neighbourhood of Bab El Oued, killed 751 people and caused over $300 million in damage.

2002

 * 19 February – Bolivia – 2002 La Paz floods. Flash floods in Bolivia's capital, La Paz, killed 74 people and caused extensive damage to the city.
 * 31 March – Spain – Tenerife flood of 2002. A flash flood in Santa Cruz de Tenerife killed eight people and caused €20 million in damage.
 * 1 June – China – 1,532 people were killed during China's 2002 flood season, which caused CN¥68 billion in damage.
 * 2 June – Chile – 2002 Northern Chile floods and mudflow. Flash floods killed 16 people.
 * 1 August – Europe – 2002 European floods. 232 people were killed following flooding in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine which caused €25.2 billion in damage.

2003

 * 28 April – Argentina – 2003 Santa Fe flood. 23 people were killed by floods in Santa Fe which caused over $3 billion in damage.
 * 30 August – United States – Jacobs Creek flood. A flash flood killed six people on the Kansas Turnpike near Emporia, Kansas.
 * 2 November – Indonesia – Up to 239 people were killed after a flood in North Sumatra devastated the town of Bahorok.

2004

 * 18 May – Dominican Republic and Haiti – May 2004 Caribbean floods. Widepspread flooding on the island of Hispaniola killed over 2,665 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
 * 17 September – Haiti – Flooding killed at least 3,006 people following Hurricane Jeanne, 2,826 of which were in the city of Gonaïves.
 * 25 June – India – 2004 Bihar flood. Floods in the state of Bihar killed 885 people.

2005

 * 7 January – United States – Los Angeles County flood of 2005. Heavy rains in L.A. County caused floods which killed 17 people, inlcuding 10 who were killed in a mudslide.
 * 15 January – Guyana – 2005 Georgetown flood. A flood in Guyana's capital city killed 34 people.
 * 10 June – China – Shalan Town flood of 2005. A flash flood killed 117 people, 105 of which were children, when it hit a primary school.
 * 26 July – India – Maharashtra floods of 2005. Following heavy rainfall, parts of Maharashtra, especially Mumbai, experienced flooding which killed 1,096 people.
 * 23 August – Europe – 2005 European floods. Floods hit Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Switzerland where they killed 70 people.
 * 29 August – United States – Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Flooding in New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrina killed 518 people.
 * October – India – 2005 Chennai floods. Flooding in Chennai killed 279 people, with a further 48 being killed in two stampedes at relief centres.

2006

 * 22 February – Namibia – Floods hit the city of Mariental which killed five people and caused N$80 million in damage.
 * 25 June – United States – 2006 Mid-Atlantic United States flood. Heavy rains caused flooding in the Mid-Atlantic United States which killed 16 people.
 * 14 July – North Korea – 2006 North Korean floods. Torrential rains caused floods which killed at least 549 people.
 * 6 August – Ethiopia – Flash floods killed 256 people in the city of Dire Dawa.
 * 7 August – India – 2006 Surat flood. Flooding in Surat killed at least 150 people and left over 60% of the city underwater, causing US$2 billion in damage.

2007

 * 2 February – Indonesia – 2007 Jakarta flood. Flooding in Indonesia's largest city and capital killed 80 people.
 * 1 June – United Kingdom – 2007 United Kingdom floods. Flooding across the UK killed 13 people.
 * 3 July – South Asia – 2007 South Asian floods. Monsoon rains and snow melt caused floods in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan which killed over 3,000 people.
 * 3 July – Sudan – 2007 Sudan floods. Flash floods caused by heavy rains killed 122 people and made at least 200,000 homeless.
 * 26 July – China – Floods across China killed 1,348 people and caused $10 billion in damage.
 * 7 August – North Korea – 2007 North Korean floods. Heavy rains caused floods in parts of North Korea including its capital city Pyongyang, which killed at least 600 people.
 * 17 August – China – 2007 Shandong coal mine flood. A burst levee flooded two mine shafts in Xintai, trapping 181 miners who are all presumed dead.
 * 17 August – United States – 2007 Midwest flooding. Repeated flash flooding in the Midwest killed 25 people.
 * 20 November – Papua New Guinea – Cyclone Guba. Flooding in the aftermath of a cyclone killed over 200 people.

2008

 * February – Namibia – 2008 Namibia floods. Flooding caused by heavy rains killed 42 people.
 * 17 March – United States – Early Spring 2008 Midwest floods. Flooding across the Midwest killed 17 people.
 * 15 April – New Zealand – Mangatepopo Canyon disaster. A flash flood killed seven people who were on a school trip.
 * 26 May – China – 2008 South China floods. Rainstorms caused extensive flooding which killed 252 people.
 * 7 June – United States – June 2008 Midwest floods. Overflowing lakes and rivers in the Midwest caused large floods which killed 26 people.
 * 3 July – India – 2008 Indian floods. Floods began during the monsoon season in seven states, including Bihar, and killed 2,404 people.
 * 19 October – Yemen – Deep Depression ARB 02 (2008). A weak tropical cyclone flooded the governorates of Hadhramaut and Al Mahrah and killed 180 people.
 * 31 October – Vietnam – 2008 Vietnam floods. Heavy rains caused floods which killed 66 people.
 * 20 November – Brazil – 2008 Santa Catarina floods. Heavy rainfall caused floods in the state of Santa Catarina which killed 128 people.

2009

 * 19 April – Brazil – 2009 Brazilian floods and mudslides. Torrential rains caused floods across 12 states which killed 49 people and made over 400,000 homeless.
 * 1 October – Italy – 2009 Messina floods and mudslides. Mudslides and floods in Sicily killed 37 people in Messina.
 * 7 November – El Salvador – 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides. Heavy rains caused floods and mudslides which killed 130 people.

2010

 * 10 May – China – 2010 China floods. Floods which also caused a deadly mudslide killed 3,185 people and caused over CN¥350 billion in damage.
 * 26 July – Pakistan – 2010 Pakistan floods. Heavy monsoon rains in the provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Sindh caused flooding which killed 1,985 people.

2011

 * 11 January – Brazil – January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides. Floods in mountainous areas of the state of Rio de Janeiro killed 904 people and caused BRL2 billion in damage.
 * 16 December – Philippines – Tropical Storm Washi. Heavy rains from a tropical storm caused large floods in Bukidnon, Lanao Del Norte and Misamis Oriental which killed 1,472 people.

2013

 * 16 June – India – 2013 North India floods. A cloudburst in the state of Uttarakhand caused extensive flooding which killed 6,054 people.

2020

 * 27 May – South Asia – 2020 South Asian floods. Heavy monsoons in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka spawned floods which killed 3,386 people.

2022

 * 15 June – Pakistan – 2022 Pakistan floods. Flooding across Pakistan killed 1,739 people across the country.

2023

 * 10 September – Libya – Derna dam collapses. Two dams failed following Storm Daniel, causing extensive flooding which killed at least 11,300 people in Derna.