August 4, 1931 (June 21), Xinwei, Yangtze outbreak of the devastating floods drowned fourteen thousand people.



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1931 of August, Yangtze big flood. July rainfall in the Yangtze River Basin over perennial over the same period more than doubled, causing the river filled rivers and lakes. August, Sands mouth of the Min River mouth, Jialing, are a major flood. When Chuanjiang flood East next encounter with the middle and lower reaches of the flood, causing the whole Jiang type of flood. Along the river embankment multiple outburst floods throughout Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Henan Province, middle and lower reaches more than 5,000 acres of flooded farmland drowned 145,000 people. The two lakes hardest weight of 70 counties in Hubei, 50 counties were affected. Are flooding the two major cities of Nanjing, Wuhan, Wuhan highest water level up to 2020 m, the highest record since the establishment of the station in 1865, the Wuhan urban most of water depth several feet to Zhang Yu, many streets can sail, died from floods, hunger and The plague of 3.26 million people. The Jianghan Plain, a vast expanse of water, the flood waters for three months. Mao Zedong, Zhu De the
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