Floods and Landslides
Note: Some of these floods and landslides may be partially caused by humans, for example, the dams, levees, seawalls and retaining walls failure.
| Rank | Death toll | Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2,500,000–3,700,000 | 1931 China floods | China | 1931 |
| 2. | 900,000–2,000,000 | 1887 Yellow River (Huang He) flood | China | 1887 |
| 3. | 500,000–700,000 | 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood | China | 1938 |
| 4. | 26,000-230,000 | The failure of 62 dams in Zhumadian Prefecture, Henan, the largest of which was Banqiao Dam, caused by Typhoon Nina. | China | August 1975 |
| 5. | 145,000 | 1935 Yangtze river flood | China | 1935 |
| 6. | more than 100,000 | St. Felix's Flood, storm surge | Netherlands | 1530 |
| 7. | 100,000 | Hanoi and Red River Delta flood | North Vietnam | 1971 |
| 8. | 100,000 | 1911 Yangtze river flood | China | 1911 |
| 9. | 50,000–80,000 | St. Lucia's flood, storm surge | Netherlands, England | 1287 |
| 10. | 10,000–50,000 | Vargas Tragedy, landslide | Venezuela | 1999 |
| 11. | 2,400 | North Sea flood, storm surge | Netherlands, Scotland, England, Belgium | 31 January 1953 |
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