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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]
0–9. 1851–1855 Yellow River floods; 1912 China typhoon; 1931 China floods; 1935 Yangtze flood; Eastern China flood of 1991; Shalan Town flood of 2005
The Beijing Flood Control Headquarters activated the city's flood control red early warning on July 30. Tiananmen Square, the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, and the Badaling Great Wall were temporarily closed. [12] The China Central Television reported that 31,000 individuals fled their homes in high-risk regions in Beijing. [13]
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
The People's Republic of China established a National Earthquake Administration in 1971 to take charge of monitoring, research, and emergency response for earthquakes. It was renamed China Earthquake Administration (CEA) in 1998, mandated by the Earthquake prevention and Disaster Reduction Act of PRC [4] under the State Council. Each provincial ...
Natural disasters, including floods, droughts, an earthquake and freezing weather in China caused direct economic losses of 23.76 billion yuan ($3.27 billion) in the first quarter. ($1 = 7.2606 ...
The 2010 China Floods affected more than 230 million people – with 15.2 million people evacuated and thousands dead. 2011 China floods; The 2013 Southwest China floods. On 23 May 2015, at least 57 people were killed in floods in six provinces. [56] Among the dead were two schoolchildren on an overloaded bus that plunged into a pond. [57] 2016 ...
Floods in China (5 C, 35 P) H. Heat waves in China (3 P) L. ... Pages in category "Natural disasters in China" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.