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1887 Yellow River flood: Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu: 930,000 [12] 1975 Banqiao dam failure: Henan, Anhui: 230,000: This dam failure was a landmark technological failure in the 20th century. [13] 1931 China floods: Jiangsu: 150,000: More deaths caused by the flood-led famine. [14]
2017 China floods: China: 2017 200–600 1824 St. Petersburg flood: Russia: 1824 200–600 Chungar landslide, flood, avalanche Peru: 1971 200+ 2008 South China floods: South China: 2008 200 Pamir Mountain area, mud and rock slides, torrential rain Tajikistan: 1992 199 Santa Catarina, Tubarão, torrential heavy rain Brazil: 1974 199
This flood is frequently featured in the list of disasters in China by death toll, sometimes topping lists of the world's deadliest disasters. [1] At the time the government estimated that 25 million people had been affected by the flood. [13] Historians since have suggested that the true number may have been as many as 53 million. [14]
The 1935 Yangtze flood struck China during a decade of flooding, famine and social turmoil. [2] It is considered to be the fourth deadliest flood in recorded history, with a death toll of 145,000 and displacement of millions. [ 2 ]
1931 China floods: China Flood July – November 1932 3,103+ 1932 Cuba hurricane: Cayman Islands, Cuba Tropical cyclone November 9 1933 6,865–9,300 1933 Diexi earthquake: China Earthquake August 25 1934 10,700–12,000 1934 Nepal–India earthquake: Nepal, India January 15 1935 145,000 1935 Yangtze flood: China Flood July 6 1936 5,000+
The 1887 Yellow River flood in Qing China began in late September 1887 and killed at least 930,000 people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was the single deadliest flood in China, making it one of the largest disasters in China by death toll .
At the official level, The Great Floods in China's History (中国历史大洪水) revealed part of the information to the public for the first time; the book was prefaced by Qian Zhengying who served as the Minister of Water Resources of China in 1970s and 1980s. [5] [8] [9] [12] [13]
1931 China floods, one of the deadliest floods in history [1] Births. February 25 - Li Zhensheng (geneticist) November 3 - Michael Fu Tieshan, Catholic bishop (d. 2007)