- Type:
- Flood
- Date:
- September 13, 1998 CE
- Location:
- Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage, Delft en Westland, Groot-Rijnmond, West-Noord-Brabant
- Deaths:
- 0
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- HANZE_FLOOD
- HANZE_FLOOD
- DFO_FLOOD
Other flood records of 1998 CE
- Honduras, Panama · 11,000 deaths
- Bangladesh, India · 2,632 deaths
- India · 1,126 deaths
- China · 575 deaths
- Mexico, Guatemala · 407 deaths
- Peru, Ecuador · 364 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 Flash Flooding: Netherlands (1998-09-13) (1998 CE) happen?
- September 13, 1998 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: 0. Historical death tolls vary by source.