Significant Flash Floods
- 1889: Johnstown Flood, more than 2,200 people dead
- 1903: Heppner Flood of 1903; Oregon, United States: 247 dead, 25% of the city
- 1938: Los Angeles Flood of 1938, California, U.S.: 115 dead
- 1938: Kopuawhara Flood of 1938,Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand 21 dead
- 1952: Lynmouth disaster, England: 34 dead
- 1967: Flash flood in Lisbon, Portugal: 464 dead
- 1971: Kuala Lumpur floods, Malaysia: 32 dead
- 1972: The Black Hills flood, South Dakota, U.S.: 238 dead
- 1976: The Big Thompson River flood, which killed 143 people in Colorado, U.S.
- 2007: Sudan floods
- 2009: September 26 in Metro Manila primarily Marikina city, Taguig City, and Pasig City; and many municipalities of the provinces of Rizal, Bulacan and Laguna taking more than a hundred lives and leaving thousands of affected residents homeless. It also submerged several municipalities under feet deep of water for several weeks.
- 2011: Philippines, Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City, 17 December 2011. At least 1200 people killed as reported by Red Cross. See also Tropical Storm Washi
- 2012: Krasnodarskiy Kray, Russia. 172 people were killed by a flash flood that struck at 2 A.M. local time on 7 July. Main cities that were hit are Krymsk and Gelendzhik.
- 2012: Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand, India: 26 dead
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