Nicaragua

From DFO – Flood Observatory

Nicaragua

  • Region: Americas (19)
  • Sub-region: Latin America and the Caribbean (419)
  • Intermediate region: Central America (13)
  • M49: 558
  • ISO-2: NI
  • ISO-3: NIC

Recorded floods for Nicaragua

Total number of flood events: 25

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Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
Glide ﹟ Start Date End Date Country Additional Countries Area (km²) Source Main Cause Fatalities Displaced Severity Flood impact index
5307 2022-10-09 2022-10-11 Colombia Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala Costa Rica El Salvador Panama 750,460 FloodList Tropical cyclone 25 29,000 1.5 6.5
4989 2020-11-16 2020-11-21 Nicaragua Honduras 108,878 FloodList Tropical Storm Iota 2 400 2.0 6.1
4970 2020-11-04 2020-11-09 Nicaragua Honduras 412,060 FloodList Tropical Storm Eta 40 0 1.5 6.6
4531 FL-2017-000160-HND 2017-10-27 2017-11-08 Nicaragua Honduras 322,533 News Heavy rain 5 150 1.5 6.8
4524 TC-2017-000148-NIC 2017-10-06 2017-10-07 Nicaragua United States of America 464,443 News Tropical Storm Nate 22 10,000 1.5 6.1
4418 TC-2016-000125-CRI 2016-11-24 2016-12-07 Costa Rica Nicaragua 69,966 News Tropical Storm Otto 4,000 13 1.5 6.2
4375 2016-07-09 2016-07-19 Nicaragua Guatemala 69,294 News Torrential rain 0 5,000 1.0 5.9
4194 2014-10-15 2014-10-27 Nicaragua Honduras 221,816 News Torrential rain 24 33,000 1.5 6.6
4193 2014-10-09 2014-10-11 Nicaragua 79,062 News Heavy rain 1 50 1.5 5.6
3391 FL-2008-000182-RWA 2008-10-01 2008-10-06 Nicaragua 13,946 News Heavy rain 9 3,000 2.0 5.2
3184 2007-09-04 2007-09-12 Nicaragua 152,398 News Tropical cyclone 102 90,000 1.0 6.1
2759 2005-10-30 2005-11-15 Nicaragua Honduras 57,712 News Tropical cyclone 2,000 20,000 1.0 6.0
2510 2004-06-24 2004-07-20 Nicaragua 26,962 News Heavy rain 25 18,000 1.0 5.9
2058 2002-09-18 2002-09-26 Nicaragua 48,802 News Tropical cyclone 6 300,000 1.0 5.6
1928 2002-05-23 2002-06-05 Nicaragua 79,027 News Heavy rain 30 9,000 1.0 6.0
1818 2001-10-26 2001-11-15 Nicaragua 69,951 News Tropical cyclone 19 27,118,340 1.0 6.2
1796 2001-09-18 2001-09-21 Nicaragua 7,806 News Torrential rain 4 800 1.0 4.5
1756 2001-07-21 2001-07-22 Nicaragua 2,586 News Heavy rain 2 10,000 1.0 3.7
1016 1995-10-01 1995-10-19 Nicaragua 10,841 News Heavy rain 38 22,000 1.0 5.3
780 1993-09-16 1993-09-22 Nicaragua Costa Rica 59,970 News Torrential rain 50 38,600 1.0 5.6
766 1993-08-07 1993-08-12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Nicaragua 75,802 News Tropical cyclone 90 47,800 1.0 5.7
688 1992-09-01 1992-09-01 Nicaragua 12,150 News Tidal surge 100 16,000 1.0 4.1
437 1990-07-15 1990-08-20 Nicaragua 60,686 News Heavy rain 5 106,000 1.0 6.4
414 1990-05-28 1990-05-29 Nicaragua 111,059 News Heavy rain 5 6,000 1.0 5.3
222 1988-08-09 1988-08-16 Nicaragua 12,585 News Heavy rain 0 25,000 1.0 5.0