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Main articles: Flood, List of floods, List of deadliest floods, List of natural disasters#Floods and landslides, Landslide, and List of landslides Note: These floods and landslides will have been partially caused by humans, for example by failure of dams, levees, seawalls or retaining walls. Rank Death toll Event Location Date 1. 2,500,000–3,700,000[136] 1931 China floods China 1931 2. 900,000–2,000,000 1887 Yellow River (Huang He) flood China 1887 3. 500,000–700,000 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood China 1938 4. 26,000[137]-230,000[138] The failure of 62 dams in Zhumadian Prefecture, Henan, the largest of which was Banqiao Dam, caused by Typhoon Nina. China August 1975 5. 145,000 1935 Yangtze river flood China 1935 6. more than 100,000 St. Felix's Flood, storm surge Netherlands 1530 7. 100,000 Hanoi and Red River Delta flood North Vietnam 1971 8. 100,000 1911 Yangtze river flood China 1911 9. 50,000–80,000 St. Lucia's flood, storm surge Netherlands, England 1287 10. 10,000–50,000 Vargas Tragedy, landslide Venezuela 1999 11. 2,400 North Sea flood, storm surge Netherlands, Scotland, England, Belgium 31 January 1953 12. 2,209 Johnstown Flood Pennsylvania 31 May 1889 |
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