List of floods in Europe

This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in Europe.

Year Details Countries Fatalities Causes
120 BCECymbrian floodDenmark, Norwayprobably many thousandsStorm tide
589Breach at CuccaItaly
1170All Saints' Flood (1170)Netherlandsprobably many thousandsStorm surge
1287South England flood of February 1287Englandprobably many thousandsStorm surge
1287St. Lucia's floodNetherlands, Northern Germany, England50,000-80,000Storm surge
1304All Saints' Flood (1304)Germany271Storm surge
1342St. Mary Magdalene's floodGermany, Austria, Italy6,000heavy rain
1362(1st) Grote MandrenkeEngland, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Schleswig>25,000Storm surge
1404St. Elizabeth's flood (1404)NetherlandsStorm surge
1421St. Elizabeth's flood (1421)Netherlands2,000-10,000Storm surge
1436All Saints Day Flood of 1436Germany>180Storm surge
1530St. Felix's FloodNetherlandsmany thousandsStorm surge
1570All Saints' Flood (1570)Netherlands>20,000Storm surge
1609Bristol Channel floods, 1607England3,000disputed - possible tsunami
1634Burchardi FloodGermany8,000-15,000Storm surge
1651St. Peter's FloodNetherlands, Northern Germany15,000Storm surge
1703Great Storm of 1703United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany8,000-15,000Storm surge
1717Christmas flood of 1717Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway14,000Storm surge
1738Holmfirth Floods#1738England0Heavy rain
1777Holmfirth Floods#1777England3Heavy rain
1789Storofsen[1]Norway, Denmark63heavy rains and snowmelting
1821Holmfirth Floods#1821England0Heavy rain
1824Saint Petersburg#1824Russia10,000Flood
1825February flood of 1825Germany, Netherlands800Storm surge
1829Muckle Spate (1829)ScotlandHeavy rain
1852Holmfirth Floods#1852England81Heavy rain
1859Grenoble flood 1859FranceRain + meltwater
1864Great Sheffield FloodUnited Kingdom270failure of the Dale Dike Reservoir
18651865 flooding of BucharestRomaniaUnknownHeavy rain
18721872 Baltic Sea floodDenmark, Germany, Norway271Storm surge
1878Flood in Miskolc, 1878Hungary400Heavy rain
1879Segura floodSpain ? ?
1892Mont Blanc glacier floodFrance175subterranean glacial lake burst
19101910 Great Flood of ParisFrance0heavy rain and meltwater
19101910 European FloodsAustria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Switzerland1,200Heavy rain
19281928 Thames floodEngland14meltwater + heavy rain + storm surge
19341934 flood in PolandPoland55heavy rain
1944Holmfirth Floods#1944England3Heavy rain
19471947 Thames floodEngland, Spain, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic[2]meltwater + heavy rain
1952Lynmouth FloodUnited Kingdom34heavy rain
1953North Sea Flood of 1953Netherlands, United Kingdom2,551Storm surge
19571957 Valencia floodSpain81heavy rains and Turia flood
1959Malpasset DamFrance423Dam failure
1962North Sea flood of 1962Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany318Storm surge
1962Catalonia floodsSpain700Heavy rain
1963Vajont disasterItaly1,917a landslide caused a seiche wave and a megatsunami
1963Guadalquivir flood in Cordoba and SevillaSpain ?
19641964 Zagreb floodYugoslavia17Heavy rain
1965Danube floods in 1965Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia10heavy rains, Alps snowmelting and dike failure at Číčov
19661966 Flood of the Arno RiverItaly35heavy rains and snowmelting
1968Great Flood of 1968United Kingdom, France0heavy rains and thunderstorms
19701970 floods in RomaniaRomania209heavy rains and snowmelting
1976Gale of January 1976Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Germany82Storm surge
19781978 North Sea storm surgeEngland0Storm surge
1981December 1981 windstormEngland, Wales, FranceStorm surge + meldwater
1985Val di Stava disasterItaly286the reservoir breached its dam.
1987Valtellina disasterItaly53heavy rain
1994Piedmont floodItaly70heavy rain for three days lead to extreme discharge of tributaries of Po river
19971997 Central European floodCzech Republic, Poland115extensive rain periods
1998Jarovnice floodSlovakia63heavy rainfall plus collapse of dam formed by debris
19991999 Pentecost floodAustria, Germanyheavy rainfall plus Alpine meltwater
19991999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant floodFrance0Storm tide
2000Autumn 2000 western Europe floodsUnited Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia20heavy rains
20022002 European floodsCzech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Croatia110heavy rains
20022002 Glasgow floodsUnited Kingdom0heavy rains
2004Boscastle flood of 2004United Kingdom0heavy rains
20052005 European floodsRomania, Switzerland, Austria and GermanyRecord rain
20062006 European floodsBulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary0poorly constructed dikes and levees and an unusual long and hard winter
2007North Sea flood of 2007Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom0storm tide
20072007 United Kingdom floodsUnited Kingdom13heavy rain
20082008 Irish flash floodsIreland1Heavy rain
20082008 Morpeth floodsUnited Kingdom0heavy rain
20092009 Great Britain and Ireland floodsUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland4heavy rains
20092009 European floodsAustria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey33heavy rains
20092009 Workington floodsUnited Kingdom1heavy rain
20092009 Messina floods and mudslidesItaly31Heavy rain
20092009 Turkish flash floodsTurkey31Heavy rain
20102010 Central European floodsPoland, Hungary37Heavy rain
20102010 Slovenia floodsSlovenia3Heavy rain
20102010 Var floodsFrance25Heavy rain
20102010 Albania floodsAlbaniaHeavy rain
20112011 European floodsIreland, Italy, France17Heavy rain
2011Cyclone BeritEngland0Storm surge
20122012 Russian floodsRussia172Heavy rain
20122012 Great Britain and Ireland floodsUnited Kingdom, Ireland9Heavy rain
20122012 Romanian floodsRomania5Heavy rain
20132013 European floodsGermany, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Belarus, Poland, Hungary25Heavy rain
20142014 Southeast Europe floodsBosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Romania86Heavy rain
20142014 Bulgarian floodsBulgaria16Heavy rain
20162016 European floodsAustria, Belgium, France, Germany, Moldova, Romania20Heavy rain
20162016 Macedonian floodsRepublic of Macedonia21Heavy rain
20172017 West Attica floodsGreece24Heavy rain
20182018 European floodsSpain, France, Italy69Heavy rain
20192019 Yorkshire Dales floodingUnited Kingdom0Heavy rain
20192019–2020 United Kingdom floodsUnited Kingdom11Heavy rain
2020Storm GloriaSpain, France13Heavy rain, storm surge
2020Storm DennisUnited Kingdom7Heavy rain
2021 2021 Evros floods Greece, Turkey 1 Heavy rain
20212021 European floodsAustria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom243Heavy rain
2021 2021 Turkish floods Turkey >78 Heavy rain
2021 2021 floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Heavy rain

See also

References
  1. Magnus A. Mardal: Storofsen (in Norwegian) Store norske leksikon, retrieved 2 June 2013
  2. 1947 U.K. River Floods: 60-Year Retrospective, RMS Special Report, Risk Management Solutions, 2007
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