{"id":4642,"date":"2023-03-29T05:19:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aboutriver.com\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2023-03-29T05:19:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T04:19:34","slug":"how-many-people-died-in-the-1938-yellow-river-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aboutriver.com\/how-many-people-died-in-the-1938-yellow-river-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"How many people died in the 1938 yellow river flood?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 1938 Yellow River flood was one of the deadliest floods in Chinese history. An estimated 1.3 million people were killed and millions more were left homeless. The flood was caused by a combination of heavy rains and the failure of several dams along the Yellow River.<\/p>\n

The 1938 Yellow River flood is estimated to have killed between 800,000 and 4,000,000 people, making it one of the deadliest floods in history.<\/p>\n

How many people died from yellow rivers? <\/h2>\n

The Yellow River flood of 1887 was one of the deadliest floods in China’s history, killing an estimated 930,000 people. The flood began in September 1887 and caused widespread devastation throughout the Qing Empire. The death toll from the flood was so high that it is considered one of the largest disasters in China by death toll.<\/p>\n

The 1938 flood was caused by the destruction of the dikes near Kaifeng (Henan province) in an effort to halt the advance of invading Japanese troops during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45. The resulting flood killed an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people and displaced millions more. The flood also destroyed crops and infrastructure, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis caused by the war.<\/p>\n

Which flood had the most deaths <\/h3>\n