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Wake Forest, NC – To fully understand the effect floods have on civilizations please enjoy the following list of the top 10 most devastating floods in history.
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PRLog (Press Release) - Jul. 15, 2008 - 1. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1931
Death Toll: 1,000,000 to 3,700,000
The Huang He river is prone to flooding due to the surrounding low plains. A high silt content in the river (which also gives the river its name, “yellow”) causes the river to gain volume, helping it to rise above the plains. Death tolls are often high because there are so many people in the surrounding area and no real way to escape.
2. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1887
Death Toll: 900,000 to 2,000,000
For years, farmers living along the yellow river were building dikes to protect their land from the rising waters. During a bad 2 day storm, the waters rose too rapidly for them to contain, and their dikes were overpowered and lands flooded. At the time, it was one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded, and still is among the worst.
3. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1938
Death Toll: 500,000 - 900,000
In 1938, Nationalist Chinese troops actually broke the levees themselves hoping to turn back advancing Japanese troops. Although it did work to some extent, the death toll was very high.
4. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1642
Death Toll: 300,000
Chinese rebels along the city of Kaifeng and destroyed the dikes. The area lost roughly half of its residents, making it the 2nd largest loss of human life at the time. The city was abandoned after the flood until 1662.
5. Ru River, Banqiao Dam, China 1975
Death Toll: 230,000
Heavy rain caused by a typhoon caused the collapse of the Banquia Dam along with several others. The water accumulated was more than a years worth of normal rainfall.
6. Yangtze River, China 1931
Death Toll: 145,000
The Yangtze River is
Wake Forest, NC – To fully understand the effect floods have on civilizations please enjoy the following list of the top 10 most devastating floods in history.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) - Jul. 15, 2008 - 1. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1931
Death Toll: 1,000,000 to 3,700,000
The Huang He river is prone to flooding due to the surrounding low plains. A high silt content in the river (which also gives the river its name, “yellow”) causes the river to gain volume, helping it to rise above the plains. Death tolls are often high because there are so many people in the surrounding area and no real way to escape.
2. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1887
Death Toll: 900,000 to 2,000,000
For years, farmers living along the yellow river were building dikes to protect their land from the rising waters. During a bad 2 day storm, the waters rose too rapidly for them to contain, and their dikes were overpowered and lands flooded. At the time, it was one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded, and still is among the worst.
3. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1938
Death Toll: 500,000 - 900,000
In 1938, Nationalist Chinese troops actually broke the levees themselves hoping to turn back advancing Japanese troops. Although it did work to some extent, the death toll was very high.
4. Huang He (Yellow) River, China 1642
Death Toll: 300,000
Chinese rebels along the city of Kaifeng and destroyed the dikes. The area lost roughly half of its residents, making it the 2nd largest loss of human life at the time. The city was abandoned after the flood until 1662.
5. Ru River, Banqiao Dam, China 1975
Death Toll: 230,000
Heavy rain caused by a typhoon caused the collapse of the Banquia Dam along with several others. The water accumulated was more than a years worth of normal rainfall.
6. Yangtze River, China 1931
Death Toll: 145,000
The Yangtze River is