- Type:
- Flood
- Date:
- May 12, 1999 CE
- Location:
- Karlsruhe, Stadtkreis, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Konstanz, Lörrach, Bodenseekreis, Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Eichstätt, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Starnberg, Weilheim-Schongau, Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt, Kelheim, Regensburg, …
- Deaths:
- 7
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- HANZE_FLOOD
- HANZE_FLOOD
- HANZE_FLOOD
- DFO_FLOOD
Other flood records of 1999 CE
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Colombia · 20,006 deaths
- India · 9,803 deaths
- China · 725 deaths
- Viet Nam, Thailand · 632 deaths
- Mexico · 425 deaths
- Bangladesh, India · 356 deaths
Source: Paprotny, D. et al., HANZE v2 — Historical Analysis of Natural Hazards in Europe, Zenodo · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did Snowmelt Flooding: Germany (1999-05-12) (1999 CE) happen?
- May 12, 1999 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Paprotny, D. et al., HANZE v2 — Historical Analysis of Natural Hazards in Europe, Zenodo; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
- How many people died?
- Recorded estimate: 7. Historical death tolls vary by source.