2014 Event Snow storms are ending in the Buffalo, New York region, leaving behind up to 7 feet of snow and placing the region at risk for floods as temperatures rise over the next few days; the storms resulted in 13 deaths and hundreds of stranded motorists 2014 Event The United Nations and the European Union have sent workers, equipment and supplies to Serbia and Bosnia in the wake of massive floods that have resulted in at least 36 deaths and a large number homeless after destruction of homes and farms 2013 Event Breaking with long-standing tradition among Russian heads of state, President Vladimir Putin delivered two New Year's speeches rather than one; he made his second stres from Khaborovsk, a city that experienced devastating floods this summer 2013 Event In Colorado, thousands are evacuated due to heavy floods in Boulder County; four people are reported dead and 80 missing 2012 Event Following severe floods in southern France, hundreds of pilgrims are evacuated from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes 2012 Event Australia's Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after the Warragamba Dam overflows, causing evacuations in the Sydney suburbs Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point 2011 Event In the Philippines, flash floods from Tropical Storm Washi killed at least 400 people, with more missing 2011 Event Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra, reveals it is impossible to protect Bangkok from flooding; calls the floods a 'national crisis' 2011 Event Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, calls for 1.2 million sandbags in an effort to protect Thai's capital from encroaching floods 2011 Event Australia's economy achieves 1.2% second quarter growth after floods initially let to a .9% contraction in the second quarter 2011 Event People's Republic of China officials warn that the the 2011 China floods will likely raise the price of food 2011 Event In efforts to save Baton Rouge and New Orleans from floods, the Morganza Spillway is opened on the Mississippi River, deliberately flooding 3,000 square miles of rural Louisiana 2011 Event Thousands of homes are ordered evacuated as the Spring 2011 Mississippi River Floods continue 2011 Event Tropical cyclone Anthony lands in Bowen in Queensland, Australia, forcing a disaster zone declared in areas still recovering from the 2010-2011 Queensland floods 2011 Event Save the Children launches a campaign to help 400,000 children in Sri Lanka deal with the crisis following the worst floods in their history 2010 Event Sri Lanka's floods maroon over 76,000 people 2010 Event The U.S. announces it will provide an additional $500 million to aid Pakistan to help rebuilding efforts after major floods ravaged the country 2010 Event Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless 2010 Event Threatened by floods, Pakistan directs nearly half a million people to evacuate their homes 2010 Event International pledges to help Pakistan recover from devastating floods currently totals $800 million 2010 Event United Nations officials believe 3.5 million children may contract waterborne diseases as a result of the floods in Pakistan 2010 Event The U.S. pledges $10 million in foreign aid money to help victims of the Pakistan floods 2010 Event Floods in Pakistan kill over 900 people, and the death toll is expected to rise further 2010 Event Flash floods on the Little Missouri River kill at least 20 people near a campground in the Ouachita Mountains, west of Little Rock, Arkansas 2010 Event At least 32 people are dead and 68 injured from floods and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal 1994 Event 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed 1987 Event Violent rainfall/floods in Bangladesh, kills 100s 1977 Event Floods in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 76 1974 Event Hurricane/floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed 1955 Event Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage 1951 Event Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria 1939 Event Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky 1938 Event Landslides and floods cause over 200 deaths in Los Angeles, California 1935 Event Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti 1935 Event Floods at Yangtzee Jiang and Hoangh, kills 200,000 1931 Event Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China 1910 Event Heavy rains cause floods in Paris 1899 Event Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage 1887 Event Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million 1882 Event Storm and floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die 1876 Event Tsunami's after earthquake floods NE coast of Japan, kills 28,000 1825 Event Dutch North Sea coast floods 1775 Event Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces 1717 Event Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces, 1000s killed 1559 Event Storm floods ravage Gorinchem, Dordrecht and Woudrichem, Netherlands 1421 Event Southern sea floods 72 villages, killing est 10,000 in Netherlands 1219 Event Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed 1163 Event Hurricane hits villages in Holland/Friesland, causing floods
