2,209
the answer is 2,209
2,300 people died
In May 1889 over 2,200 people died in the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) flood. Other estimates over the years say that as many as 5000 may have perished.
At least 2,209 people died in the Johnstown flood in 1889, making it one of the deadliest disasters in U.S. history. The flood was caused by the failure of a dam holding back the waters of Lake Conemaugh.
About 2,009 people died
Being that over 2200 people died and so many homes and businesses were destroyed, it had a major impact on the whole Johnstown area. See http://www.jaha.org/FloodMuseum/facts.html
James Clair Flood died on 1889-02-21.
35 people died in that flood
In the lyn flood 3678 people died
246 people died in the flood in Illinois of 2011
approximately 65 people died in the 1916 Hatfield flood.
Luckily nobody died in the Boscastle flood 1963 and several people were injured!