Estimated between 5400-5200BC. Euphrates River Valley: submerged about 40,000 square miles (Noah’s Flood?)

2287BC. China: Yellow River mingled with Yangtze River creating a gigantic inland sea

1282 Netherlands, Zuyder Zee: the bay was dry land below sea level until a great storm broke through the natural dykes and the North Sea flooded into the area in one day.

1420 Netherlands

1332 China, Yellow River flood, up to 7 million people died

1634 October 11th. Nothsea Coast, Netherland/Germany

1876 Bengal: 215,000 people died, 3,100 square miles were flooded

1887 October China: Yellow River in Huayan Kou flooded, estimated 900,000 people died

1889 May 31 USA, Pennsylvania, Jonestown: dam break 2,209 people died

1906 Southern California, Colorado River: flooded parts of the Imperial Valley

1927 April 20th. Mississippi, Greenville: about 500 people died, 162,000 homes were flooded and 41,000 buildings destroyed; rescue operations include 33,000 people

1928 March 12th. USA, Los Angeles area: collapse of the San Francis Dam, estimated 450 people died, 900 buildings were destroyed, 300 houses damaged and 24,000 acres of agricultural land was devastated

1937 January 22nd. USA, Ohio & Mississippi River Valleys in Kentucky / Ohio: cities like Louisville and cincinnati were under water, nearly one million people became homeless, property damage estimated over 400 million, 380 people died

1953 February 1st. Netherlands, coastal areas: Hurricane and high tides led to dike failures, 100.000 people were evacuated, 10.000 cattles drowed; 1.487 persons died.

1959 December 2nd. France, Frejus: collapse of a 200 feet high dam structure, artifical lake ( 6 miles long and 1 mile wide ) flew into the valley, destroying the area of Frejus; 2,600 families homeless, hundreds of buildings destroyed or damaged, 421 people died

1962 February 16th. Germany, Hamburg and western coastal areas: High tide and strong wind conditions led to the failure of the levee - system, more than 150,000 people impacted, 315 died

1963 October 9th. Italy, Alps, Vaiont Dam: landslide into the water reservoir caused a shockwave which over-topped the wall of the dam. Five villages (Longarone, Fae, Pirago, Codissago, Castellavazzo) were severely damaged, at least 2,000 people died.

1966 November 3-4 Italy, Florence: flash flood of the Arno River; many art treasures, paintings, medieval books and manuscripts were destroyed

1976 July 31st. USA, Colorado, Big Thompson Canyon River: rain storm produced a 20-foot high flash flood over a 25-mile stretch of the canyon; 418 buildings were destroyed, hundreds of people injured and 139 people died

1977 USA, Kansas, Kansas City: 25 people died

1981 November 24th. Northsea Coast, nothern Germany/Danmark, at least 20,000 people had to be evacuated from coastal areas; infrastructures, utilities, and buildings were damaged

1990 United Kingdom: widespread flooding in the regions of Inverness, Worcester, Hereford, and Shrewsbury

1993 August 1st.USA, Midwest / Mississippi: worst flooding in recorded history, 38,000 homes damaged or destroyed, 20 million acres of farmland under water

1998 Bangladesh: worst flood in the century, two-thirds of the country were submerged for more than three months, 30 million people were affected, 10,000 miles of roads, 14,000 school buildings and 500,000 homes were damaged; about 1,000 people died.

1998 June. Floods in Conneticut

1998 October 4th. USA, Kansas, Kansas City:severe flash floods caused by heavy rain, city had no flood reaction plan, 12 people died

1999 December 19th. Venezuela, Caracas: massive floods due to torrential rainfall, at least 10,000 people died, more than 150,000 became homeless