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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
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.
The summer was also characterized by extreme cyclonic activity. In July of that year alone, nine cyclones hit the region, which was significantly above the average of two per year. [8] Four weather stations along the Yangtze River reported rain totalling over 600 mm (24 in) for the month. [8]
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 ...
Tiaofeng Town of Leizhou City, Guangdong Province, China 29 injuries Unclear how many houses destroyed since more houses are listed as destroyed than affected ("affected 423 homes and destroyed 793 houses"), and if that many houses were actually destroyed, the deaths and injuries may have been under-reported.
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
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 ...
China is a mountainous country, which leads to rapid dissipation of cyclones that move inland as well as significant amounts of rain from those dissipating cyclones. Typhoon Nina in 1975 caused the collapse of two huge reservoirs and ten smaller dams when 1062 mm (41.81 inches) of rain fell in Henan Province during a 24‑hour period.