2013 Major Water-Related Disasters in the World (Pt.2)
Europe (Oct. 2013)
The rainstorm lashed northern Europe
on 28th Oct 2013.
15 died in UK and other neighboring
countries transportation was disrupted
in various locations.

Central Europe (Jun. 2013)
The torrential rain in central
Europe caused floods invarious location . The death
toll is 24.

Canada (Jun. 2013)
The torrential rain caused
floods, more than 100,000
evacuated and 4 died.
There were shutdown of oilpipelines and power outages.

Europe (Dec. 2013)
Northern Europe was hit by themost powerful winter storm in60 years , named XAVER.
Storm surge , floods andstrong winds damaged houses
and businesses, killed 15people.
Those caused power outage inwide area and disruptions oftransportation .
Italy (Nov. 2013)
The torrential rain caused floods
in southern island of Sardinia.
The river over-flowed, bridges
were collapsed.
The death toll was 18.
Sudan (Aug. 2013)
About 400,000 people wereaffected by continuous heavy rain
since early Aug., and the death
toll was 76. Infrastructure damage
was serious.
Kenya (Apr. 2013)
The heavy rain by monsoon
continued from March to May, andsome area faced 200% rainfall
against average. This caused floods
across the country, and the death
toll was 96. Approximately 170,000
people were displaced.

Canada (Jul. 2013)
The heavy rain caused
floods, inundation of roads
and subway stations andpower outages.

US (Apr. 2013)
The heavy rain since mid
Apr swelled Mississippi
and Illinois River, and thiscaused floods in central
west. The death toll was 3.

US (Sep. 2013)
The torrential rain from11th to 12th Sep caused
floods in Colorado, death
toll was 9.

Somalia (Nov. 2013)
The Tropical Cyclone
THREE landed at
Puntland in Somalia on
10th Nov, the rainstorm
by this cyclone caused
floods, and killed 162
people.
Mozambique (Jan.
2013)
Floods caused bycontinuous
torrential rains
killed 119 andaffected more than
240,000.

Basically filtered thedisasters with more than
10 death in thedeveloped countries andwith more than 50 deathin the developing
countries

Brazil (Dec. 2013)
Lajedinho in Bahia, northeast
Brazil, which had been facing
drought, was hit by heavy rain inshort period of time and flooded.
The death toll was 16.
Brazil (Dec. 2013)
The heavy rain caused floods
and landslides and killed 64 in 2
states in southeast Brazil.
Lots of roads andinfrastructures were damaged.
Argentina (Apr. 2013)
The rainfall was recorded 400mm for 2
hours form 2nd to 3rd Apr, which caused
floods. The death toll was 52 and morethan 350,000 people were affected. Morethan half area of La Plata city faced power
outage and phone lines were disrupted.

US (May. 2013)
Heavy rain and tornado
struck Oklahoma state andits suburbs on 31st May,
caused floods. The deathtoll was 27.
Mexico (Aug. 2013)
The heavy rain by the
Tropical Storm FERNAND,
landed midnight andcaused landslides. The
death toll was 14.
Mexico (Sep. 2013)
Tropical Storm MANUEL
hit western Mexico andTropical Storm INGRID hit
northeastern Mexico on
15th. The rainstorms
caused floods andlandslides. The death toll
was 192.

Local Survey
carried out
Number of Death

0～49

Number of Death

50～99

Number of Death 100～499
Number of Death 500～999
Number of Death 1000～
Source (death toll and affected No.)：D.
Guha-Sapir, R. Below, Ph. Hoyois EM-DAT: International DisasterDatabase – www.emdat.be –Université Catholique de Louvain –Brussels – Belgium.

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