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Victims of the flooding in August 1931. 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]
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]
1931 China floods: China: 1931 400,000–893,303 1938 Yellow River flood: China: ... List of natural disasters by death toll; References External links. Global Active ...
Death toll Event Location Date 1. 422,499–4,000,000 [50] 1931 China floods: China 1931 2. 930,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River (Huang He) flood: 1887 3. 230,000 [51] 1975 Banqiao Dam failure: 1975 4. 145,000 1935 Yangtze flood: 1935 5. 100,000+ St. Felix's flood, storm surge Holy Roman Empire: 1530 7. 100,000 [citation needed] 1911 Yangtze ...
July – November — 1931 China floods, one of the deadliest floods in history [1] July 1 – September 18 — Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet September 18 — September 18th Incident
Drought, flood and sandstorms from deforestation. 1630– 1641 Northwestern China The Chongzhen drought, leading to the collapse of the Ming dynasty in 1644 2 million Haizi famine 1755– 1756 Drought and flood 70% of the poorer farmers of Rugao county [6] 1810– 1811 Hebei Flood 11 million [7] The Great Jiaqing Famine in Yunnan 1815– 1817
At least 30 people have died and 35 others are missing in a city in southeastern China after days of heavy rains tied to a tropical storm, state media said Thursday. The death toll rose sharply ...
Chinese believed that natural disasters would foretell the end of a dynasty or the death of a great leader. ... 1931 China floods; 1935 Yangtze flood; Eastern China ...