ESCI 1012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Natural Disaster, Cholera, Management System
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As with many disasters, natural processes played a role. Drought affected much of china from 1928-1930. Then in the winter of 1930, heavy snowstorms were followed by a spring thaw and heavy rains causing river levels to dramatically rise. July a(cid:290)d august of (cid:799)9(cid:801)(cid:799) sa(cid:363) (cid:362)ery hea(cid:362)y rai(cid:290)s (cid:883)o(cid:362)er (cid:800)(cid:802) i(cid:290) july alo(cid:290)e(cid:884) In july alone, seven cyclones hit the region (10 for the season) Yangtze, yellow (huang he) and huai rivers all flooded in places the rivers rose over 16 m above normal floods and covered agricultural plains and invaded the city of nanjing (capital of china at the time) Few records were kept and politics played a role in death estimates. 52 million people were affected by the flood. Across the region, 40% of population became refugees and many drowned. But far (cid:289)ore died i(cid:290) the flood"s(cid:910) after(cid:289)ath a(cid:290)d the (cid:363)ater li(cid:290)gered for (cid:289)o(cid:290)ths, dikes were broken. Loss of crops, cropland and stored food led to widespread starvation.
