The floods left about 32,000 people without power, and some towns were isolated.
The flood also left a legacy directly relevant to today.
The floods killed a score of people and left an estimated 13,000 homeless.
The flood made 199 fatal casualties and left about 45,000 people homeless.
The 1937 flood put the city under water for eight winter days and left 250 dead throughout the river valley.
In many cases, the flood leaves only one survivor or group of survivors.
The town was nearly wiped out again in 1825 when a large flood left few survivors.
The ensuing flood killed at least six people and left three others missing.
The floods in 2008 left many people homeless and required great deal of efforts by government to rehabilitate them.
In total the floods left at least 137 people dead or missing and some 160,000 homeless.