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Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
This category includes historic weather events which have occurred in China. This category includes floods caused by rain, but not floods caused simply by dam failures. For non-weather related events, see Category:Disasters in China
China: 1989 3,800 [citation needed] 1978 Northern India monsoon rain India: 1978 3,656 [citation needed] 1998 Yangtze river flood China: 1998 3,500 [citation needed] 1948 Fuzhou flood China: 1948 3,189+ 2010 China floods, landslides China, North Korea: 2010 3,083 [7] 1993 South Asian Monsoon Flood: Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: 1993 3,076 ...
Extreme weather includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather; weather at the extremes of the historical distribution—the range that has been seen in the past. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Extreme events are based on a location's recorded weather history.
Yunsyu County, Jiangxi Province and Anhui Province, China: 1 fatality, numerous injuries: Total loss of life and property unclear from the news report. Number of wounded unclear from article. 580,000 people affected by severe weather. [54] Guangxi, China tornado: 17 April 2013
Name; area Deaths Causes Great Chinese Famine of 1958–62 [6]15–55 million Great Leap Forward economic failure. The starved could not move out because all out-of-town traffic were guarded by militia to contain the news of starvation.
China February 13 1919 5,000 1919 Kelud mudflow: Indonesia Volcanic eruption May 19 1920 258,707–273,407 1920 Haiyuan earthquake: China, Mongolia Earthquake December 16 1921 215 September 1921 San Antonio floods: United States Flood September 7 –11 1922 50,000–100,000+ 1922 Shantou typhoon: Philippines, China Tropical cyclone July 27 ...
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 ...