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Topic: 1887 Yellow River Flood

1887 Yellow River Flood

Years: 1887 - 1887

The 1887 Yellow River flood wis a devastating flood on the Yellow River (Huang He) in China.

This river is prone to flooding due to the elevated nature of the river, running between dikes above the broad plains surrounding it.

The flood that begins in September 1887 saturates the area, killing some 900,000 people.

It is one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)