2004 Spring Flooding Haiti and Domenican Republic | |
---|---|
Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 3363 |
1938 Yellow River Flood | |
---|---|
Total costs | N/A |
Deaths | 900000 |
The 1938 Yellow River flood (Chinese: 花園口決隄事件, literally 'Huayuankou embankment breach incident') was a flood created by the Nationalist Government in central China during the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War in an attempt to halt the rapid advance of Japanese forces. It has been called the 'largest act of environmental warfare in history' and an example of scorched earth military strategy.
Source: WikipediaThe Great Chinese Famine (Chinese: 三年大饥荒, 'three years of great famine') was a period between...
The 1888 eruption of Mount Bandai was a major volcanic eruption which occurred during the Meiji...
Mount Vesuvius ( viss-OO-vee-əs; Italian: Vesuvio [veˈzuːvjo, -ˈsuː-]; Neapolitan: 'O Vesuvio [o...
The plague of Justinian or Justinianic plague (541–549 AD) was the first major outbreak of the...