1882 A cyclone in the Arabian Sea causes flooding in Bombay harbor - about 100.000 dead
1887 Yellow river floods in China - 900,000 dead
1926 Flooding on London suburbs
1942 Hurricane and flooding in Bombay - 40,000 dead
1949 Severe flooding in Guatemala
1952 Lynmouth in North Devon England is devastated by floods, death toll of 34.
1957 Flooding in the Po River valley of Italy leads to the flooding also in Venice.
1959 Flood in Taiwan leaves 2,000 dead.
1962 Flooding occurs in the North Sea coasts.
1966 Floods occur on the Finnish coast.
1970 In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.
1996 July 21 - Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec, in one of Canada's most costly natural disasters.
2000 Widespread flooding throughout England and Wales after days of heavy rain