Top 10 Deadliest Floods

1. China floods (1931)

China-Flood1931
Location : Central China
Death Total : 2,500,000–3,700,000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcvU5PpughQ

2. Yellow River (Huang He) flood – China (1887)

Yellow-River-Flood

Location : Yellow River (Huang He),China

Death Total : 900,000–2,000,000

3. Yellow River (Huang He) flood – China (1938)

China-Flood 1938

Location : Yellow River (Huang He),China

Death Total : 500,000–700,000

4. Banqiao Dam Failure Flood – China (1975)

China-Flood 1975

Location : Banqiao Dam (China) failure, result of Typhoon Nina. Approximately 86,000 people died from flooding and another 145,000 died from subsequent disease.

Death Total : 231,000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlKZ8Ubx2rg

5. Yangtze river flood – China (1935)

1935 Yangtze River Flood

Location : Yangtze river,China

Death Total : 145,000

6. St. Felix’s Flood, storm surge – Netherlands(1530)

St. Felix's Flood 1530

Location : The St. Felix’s Flood (in Dutch Sint-Felixvloed) happened on Saturday 5 November 1530, the name day of St. Felix. This day was later known as Evil Saturday (kwade Zaterdag). Large parts of Flanders and Zeeland were washed away, including the Verdronken Land van Reimerswaal.

Death Total : 100,000

7. Hanoi and Red River Delta flood – North Vietnam (1971)

Flood-Northern-Vietnam-1971

Location : Hanoi and Red River Delta,North Vietnam

Death Total : 100,000

8. Yangtze river flood – China (1911)

Yangtze-River-Flood-China-1911

Location : Yangtze river flood,China

Death Total : Upto 100,00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYKDRmlInLw

9. St. Lucia’s flood, storm surge – Netherlands (1287)

St. Lucia's flood, storm surge - Netherlands (1287)

Location : St. Lucia’s flood, storm surge,Netherlands

Death Total : 50,000–80,000

10. North Sea flood, storm surge – Netherlands (1212)

North Sea flood, storm surge - Netherlands (1212)

Location : North Sea flood, storm surge,Netherlands

Death Total : 60,000

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