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financial damage cannot even
be estimated.
The Hwang Ho had completely
inundated an area of 87 thousand square
kilometres and left 80 million people
homeless. The Yangtze displaced another
28.5 million.
Other big floods
The Hwang Ho had earlier caused a major A large number of people were killed in the Netherlands in
flood in 1887, when it had inundated an 1287, when a dyke broke in a storm.
area of fifty thousand square kilometres,
killing two million people and destroying
agriculture and business.
On 14 December, 1287, a dyke broke during a storm,
flooding the Netherlands and northern Germany. Fifty
thousand to eighty thousand people were killed. Some
land was permanently flooded and some disappeared
entirely. The Netherlands is prone to frequent
flooding, as sixty per cent of the country lies below
sea level.
Did you know?
How long till the next The Egyptians believed that God
floods! How long till Hapi and the pharaoh caused the
the next floods! periodic flooding of the River Nile,
making it fertile and resulting in
bountiful crops.
Hwang Ho river,
once called
the cradle of
the Chinese
civilization, came
to be known as
‘China’s Sorrow’.
nights, flooding it entirely. The only survivors were the passengers on NoahÊs Ark.
financial damage cannot even
be estimated.
The Hwang Ho had completely
inundated an area of 87 thousand square
kilometres and left 80 million people
homeless. The Yangtze displaced another
28.5 million.
Other big floods
The Hwang Ho had earlier caused a major A large number of people were killed in the Netherlands in
flood in 1887, when it had inundated an 1287, when a dyke broke in a storm.
area of fifty thousand square kilometres,
killing two million people and destroying
agriculture and business.
On 14 December, 1287, a dyke broke during a storm,
flooding the Netherlands and northern Germany. Fifty
thousand to eighty thousand people were killed. Some
land was permanently flooded and some disappeared
entirely. The Netherlands is prone to frequent
flooding, as sixty per cent of the country lies below
sea level.
Did you know?
How long till the next The Egyptians believed that God
floods! How long till Hapi and the pharaoh caused the
the next floods! periodic flooding of the River Nile,
making it fertile and resulting in
bountiful crops.
Hwang Ho river,
once called
the cradle of
the Chinese
civilization, came
to be known as
‘China’s Sorrow’.
nights, flooding it entirely. The only survivors were the passengers on NoahÊs Ark.
