Labels:text | screenshot | font | black and white | document | number OCR: 1883 Java and Sumatra Tsunami, following the explosion of Krakatoa. Some 36,000 lives lost. 1887 Henan, China Hwang He, swollen by rains, overflows levees, floods 150,000 sq km (50,000 sq mi). 900,000 lives lost. 1889 Johnstown, Pa. Dam failure. 2,200 lives lost. 1900 Galveston, Tex. Hurricane flooding. 6,000 lives lost. 1916 The Netherlands North Sea storms flood lowlands. 10,000 lives lost. 1928 Florida Hurricane causes Lake Okeechobee to flood. 2,400 lives lost. 1938 North China Chinese forces blow up dikes on the Hwang He to impede Japanese advance. Estimated 1 million lives lost. 1960 Chile, Hawaii, Giant tsunami following a major Chilean earthquake Japan inundates coastal areas in these three locations. 1963 North Italy Landslide into the reservoir of the Vaiont Dam sends a huge wave into valley below. 2,000 lives lost. 1970 E. Pakistan Cyclone-generated floods inundate coastal regions. ( now Bangladesh) 200,000 lives lost (official estimate). 1971 Orissa State, India Cyclone and sea surge hit the coast. 10,000 lives lost. 1979 Morvi, India Heavy monsoon rains cause collapse of river dam. 7,000 to 10,000 lives lost. 1982 Peru Torrential rains cause lake to overflow into Chantayacu River valley. 2,500 lives lost. 1985 Northeastern Brazil Rain-caused floods leave 1 million homeless. 1988 Bangladesh Monsoon flooding inundates 3/4 of country. 28 million homeless. 1988 Sudan Torrential rains flood the Nile. 1.5 million homeless in Khartoum area; numbers of dead unknown. 1991 Bangladesh Cyclone hits delta region with 145 mph (233 km/h) winds, floods, 5-to-6 m (16-to- 20 ft) water surges. 125,000 believed lost. 1993 Nine states in Record spring and summer rains cause prolonged U.S. Midwest. flooding along the Mississippi and its tributaries, leaving 50 dead, 70,000 homeless.
