List of floods in Europe

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

YearDetailsCountriesFatalitiesCauses 120 BCE Cymbrian flood Denmark, Norway probably many thousands Storm tide 589 Breach at Cucca Italy 1170 All Saints' Flood (1170) Netherlands probably many thousands Storm surge 1287 South England flood of February 1287 England probably many thousands Storm surge 1287 St. Lucia's flood Netherlands, Northern Germany, England – Storm surge 1304 All Saints' Flood (1304) Germany Storm surge 1342 St. Mary Magdalene's flood Germany, Austria, Italy heavy rain 1362 (1st) Grote Mandrenke England, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Schleswig Storm surge 1404 St. Elizabeth's flood (1404) Netherlands Storm surge 1421 St. Elizabeth's flood (1421) Netherlands - Storm surge 1436 All Saints Day Flood of 1436 Germany Storm surge 1530 St. Felix's Flood Netherlands many thousands Storm surge 1570 All Saints' Flood (1570) Netherlands Storm surge 1609 Bristol Channel floods, 1607 England disputed - possible tsunami 1634 Burchardi Flood Germany – Storm surge 1651 St. Peter's Flood Netherlands, Northern Germany Storm surge 1703 Great Storm of 1703 United Kingdom, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany – Storm surge 1717 Christmas flood of 1717 Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Norway Storm surge 1738 Holmfirth Floods (1738) England Heavy rain 1777 Holmfirth Floods (1777) England Heavy rain 1789 StorofsenMagnus A. Mardal: Storofsen Store norske leksikon, retrieved 2 June 2013. Norway, Denmark heavy rains and snowmelting 1821 Holmfirth Floods (1821) England Heavy rain 1824 Saint Petersburg (1824) Russia Flood 1825 February flood of 1825 Germany, Netherlands Storm surge 1829 Muckle Spate (1829) Scotland Heavy rain 1852 Holmfirth Floods#1852 England Heavy rain 1859 Grenoble flood 1859 France Rain + meltwater 1864 Great Sheffield Flood United Kingdom failure of the Dale Dike Reservoir 1865 1865 flooding of Bucharest Romania Unknown Heavy rain 1872 1872 Baltic Sea flood Denmark, Germany, Norway Storm surge 1878 Flood in Miskolc, 1878 Hungary Heavy rain 1879 Segura flood Spain ? ? 1892 Mont Blanc glacier flood France subterranean glacial lake burst 1899 Oathbreaker's flood Finland heavy rain, snowy winter and warm spring 1910 1910 Great Flood of Paris France heavy rain and meltwater 1910 1910 European Floods Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Switzerland Heavy rain 1928 1928 Thames flood United Kingdom (England) meltwater + heavy rain + storm surge 1934 1934 flood in Poland Poland heavy rain 1944 Holmfirth Floods#1944 United Kingdom (England) Heavy rain 1947 1947 Thames flood United Kingdom (England), Spain, Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia1947 U.K. River Floods: 60-Year Retrospective, RMS Special Report, Risk Management Solutions, 2007. meltwater + heavy rain 1952 Lynmouth Flood United Kingdom heavy rain 1953 North Sea Flood of 1953 Netherlands, United Kingdom Storm surge 1957 1957 Valencia flood Spain heavy rains and Turia flood 1959 Malpasset Dam France Dam failure 1962 North Sea flood of 1962 Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany Storm surge1962 1962 Vallés floods Spain Heavy rain 1963 Vajont disaster Italy a landslide caused a seiche wave and a megatsunami 1963 Guadalquivir flood in Cordoba and Sevilla Spain ? 1964 1964 Zagreb flood Yugoslavia Heavy rain 1965 Danube floods in 1965 Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia heavy rains, Alps snowmelting and dike failure at Číčov 1966 1966 Flood of the Arno River Italy heavy rains and snowmelting 1967 1967 Portugal floods Portugal heavy rains 1968 Great Flood of 1968 United Kingdom, France heavy rains and thunderstorms 1970 1970 floods in Romania Romania heavy rains and snowmelting 1976 Gale of January 1976 Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway, Germany Storm surge 1978 1978 North Sea storm surge United Kingdom (England) Storm surge 1981 December 1981 windstorm United Kingdom (England, Wales), France Storm surge + meltwater 1985 Val di Stava dam collapse Italy the reservoir breached its dam. 1987 Valtellina disaster Italy heavy rain 1994 Piedmont flood Italy heavy rain for three days lead to extreme discharge of tributaries of Po river 1997 1997 Central European flood Czech Republic, Poland, Germany extensive rain periods 1997 1997 Badajoz Flash Flood Spain heavy rain 1998 Jarovnice flood Slovakia heavy rainfall plus collapse of dam formed by debris 1999 1999 Pentecost flood Austria, Germany heavy rainfall plus Alpine meltwater 1999 1999 Blayais Nuclear Power Plant flood France Storm tide 2000 Autumn 2000 western Europe floods United Kingdom, Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Slovenia heavy rains 2002 2002 European floods Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Croatia heavy rains 2002 2002 Glasgow floods United Kingdom heavy rains 2004 Boscastle flood of 2004 United Kingdom heavy rains 2005 2005 European floods Romania, Switzerland, Austria and Germany Record rain 2006 2006 European floods Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary poorly constructed dikes and levees and an unusual long and hard winter 2007 North Sea flood of 2007 Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway and United Kingdom storm tide 2007 2007 United Kingdom floods United Kingdom heavy rain 2008 2008 Western Ukraine floods Western Ukraine Heavy rain 2008 2008 Irish flash floods Ireland Heavy rain 2008 2008 Morpeth floods United Kingdom heavy rain 2009 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland heavy rains 2009 2009 European floods Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Turkey heavy rains 2009 2009 Workington floods United Kingdom heavy rain 2009 2009 Messina floods and mudslides Italy Heavy rain 2009 2009 Turkish flash floods Turkey Heavy rain 2010 2010 Central European floods Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Austria Heavy rain 2010 2010 Slovenia floods Slovenia Heavy rain 2010 2010 Var floods France Heavy rain 2010 2010 Albania floods Albania Heavy rain 2011 2011 European floods Ireland, Italy, France Heavy rain 2011 Cyclone Berit United Kingdom (England) Storm surge 2012 2012 Russian floods Russia Heavy rain 2012 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods United Kingdom, Ireland Heavy rain 2012 2012 Romanian floods Romania Heavy rain 2013 2013 European floods Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, Belarus, Poland, Hungary Heavy rain2013 2013 floods in Rhodes, GreeceGreeceHeavy rain 2014 2014 Southeast Europe floods Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Romania Heavy rain 2014 2014 Bulgarian floods Bulgaria Heavy rain 2016 2016 European floods Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Moldova, Romania Heavy rain 2016 2016 Macedonian floods Republic of Macedonia Heavy rain 2016 2016 Italian flood Northwestern Italy Heavy rain 2017 2017 West Attica floods Greece Heavy rain 2018 2018 European floods Spain, France, Italy Heavy rain 2019 2019 Yorkshire Dales flooding United Kingdom Heavy rain 2019 2019–2020 United Kingdom floods United Kingdom Heavy rain2020 2020 floods in Evia, GreeceGreeceHeavy rain 2020 Storm Gloria Spain, France Heavy rain, storm surge 2020 Storm Dennis United Kingdom Heavy rain 2020 2020 Western Ukraine floods Ukraine Heavy rain20212021 Evros floodsGreece, TurkeyHeavy rain 2021 2021 European floods Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom Heavy rain20212021 Turkish floodsTurkeyHeavy rain20212021 floods in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaHeavy rain20232023 Emilia-Romagna floodsItaly (Emilia-Romagna)Heavy rains caused by Storm Minerva2023Destruction of the Kakhovka DamUkraine (Kherson Oblast)Destruction of a dam during the Russian invasion of Ukraine20232023 Carinthia and Slovenia floodsSloveniaHeavy rains20232023 Danube floodsHungaryHeavy rains20242024 Germany floodsGermanyHeavy rains20242024 Central European floodsCzech Republic, Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary and RomaniaHeavy rains20242024 floods in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaHeavy rain20242024 floods in SpainSpainHeavy rain20252025 Odesa floodsUkraine (Odesa)Heavy rain

See also Drought Floods Directive List of floods 2021 European floods List of flash floods Storm tides of the North Sea

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