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China: Flooding at Hankou, Hubei Province, during the great Yellow River Flood of 1931

China: Flooding at Hankou, Hubei Province, during the great Yellow River Flood of 1931

The 1931 China floods or the 1931 Yellow River floods were a series of devastating floods that occurred in the Republic of China.

The floods are generally considered among one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000 to between 3.7 million and 4 million.

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