The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, occurred from June to August 1931 in China, hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing and beyond, and eventually culminated in a dike breach along Lake Gaoyou on 25 August 1931.

In 1931 Central China experienced a devastating flood that inundated an area equivalent in size of England and half of Scotland, affected the lives of an estimated 52 million people, and killed as many as 2 million.

1931年，江淮大地遭遇百年罕见的特大水灾，灾区涉及湖北、安徽等8个省区，其受灾总人口计五千多万，有40多万人死亡，受灾农田近1.5亿亩，而在人口集中的相关城市灾况更显惨重。

Yangtze River floods, floods of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in central and eastern China that have occurred periodically and often have caused considerable destruction of property and loss of life. Among the most recent major flood events are those of …

2021年12月23日 · In 1931, the Chinese saw floods covering more than 30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), killing thousands and causing massive destruction in their wake. Many of the lakes that once acted as flood control in the region were cut off from the river by levees, while others were converted into farming lands.

2009年11月13日 · On August 25, 1931, after months of torrential flooding, levees around the city of Gaoyou, China, break and the Yangtze River overflows, killing between 10,000 and 15,000 in a single night.

The 1931 China floods or the 1931 Yellow River Floods were a series of floods that occurred in China in the year 1931. It is the most deadly natural disaster by death toll. About 1,000,000-3.7 million people were said to be dead in this series of floods. [2] [3]

2025年1月12日 · The 1931 China floods stand as the deadliest natural disaster in recorded history, leaving an indelible mark on the annals of catastrophe with its sheer magnitude and catastrophic consequences. The calamity, which unfolded across major basins including the Yangtze, Yellow, and Huai Rivers, claimed millions of lives, devastated vast expanses of ...

2019年11月1日 · This was the situation in many places affected by the 1931 floods. According to Chris Courtney in “The Nature of Disaster in China”, the Great Jingjiang Dyke failed in early summer, for the first time in sixty years; the water that flowed through its breaches went on to compromise 90 per cent of the dykes on the Jianghan Plain.

2019年8月1日 · The 1931 Yangzi River Flood was one of the most extensive and damaging of the many floods in China during the twentieth century. It extended into eight provinces in central China and beyond to the north, west, and south. As many as 50 million people may have been affected, losing homes and crops.