1998 Yangtze River Floods
- 1998 Yangtze River Floods
In the summer of 1998, China experienced massive flooding of parts of the Yangtze River, resulting in 3,004 dead, 14 million left homeless and $24 billion in economic loss. [http://www.pbs.org/itvs/greatwall/dam1.html]
Timeline
* August 1: The periphery levee in Waijiang, Hezhen of Jiayu County, collapsed first.
* August 5: Periphery levees in Paizhou, Jiujiang, Jiangxin area of Jiayu County collapsed consecutively.
* August 5: The lower reaches of the Yangtze River collapsed at Jiujiang and Jiangxinzhou.
* August 7: The main levee of the Yangtze collapsed.
ee also
*Natural disasters in China
*List of deadliest natural disasters
*Flooding
*Yangtze River
External links
* [http://earth.esa.int/DATA_UTIL/ndis/flood/china/china.html China: Yangtze River Flood (July-August 1998)] ESA Earthnet Online Earth Observation
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