United Kingdom
- Great Sheffield Flood - Deadliest flood in the history of the UK, caused by the failure of the Dale Dike Reservoir. Affected Sheffield in 1864, 270 dead
- Lynmouth flood of 1952 — 34 people were killed, with a further 420 made homeless. Over 100 buildings were destroyed.
- Canvey Island floods of 1953 - 58 people were killed and many properties damaged, with 13,000 islanders evacuated. Survivors were temporarily housed in the newly built and as yet unused King John comprehensive school in nearby Hadleigh.
- 2002 Glasgow floods — 200 people immediately evacuated, but the water supply of 140 thousand people was affected.
- Boscastle flood of 2004 — Boscastle in Cornwall was heavily damaged due to flash floods.
- Eden, Kent, Derwent, Greta and Cocker as well as other Cumbrian Rivers flooded in January 2005 damaging around 2000 properties and causing over £250 million of damage.
- 2007 United Kingdom floods - 6 people killed. Whole country affected, with Yorkshire the worst hit county. Yorkshire suffers many road and rail closures, power cuts and evacuations with Sheffield the worst hit place in the country.
- November 2009 Great Britain and Ireland floods — heavy rain falls on much of the British Isles, but Cumbria worst affected. 2 people killed.
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