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=Seasonal floods and droughts in China= Seasonal floods and droughts in China result in large numbers deaths each year, and significant economic hardships.

Overview
Between 108 BC and 1911 AD there were no fewer than 1,828 major famines in China, or one nearly every year in one or another province; however, the famines varied greatly in severity. Each year in China the middle of the year is wet - while the ends of the year are dry. thus droughts tend to occur over more than one calendar year, while flood seasons tend to be limited to one year at a time. 37,000 of China's 85,000 dams had "ailments and dangers" the bulk being built between 1950 and 1970s, with the problems of inherent design defects and poor maintainence.

Timeline of significant flooding and droughts

 * 2011 China floods 178+ dead, 68+ missing, 1.3 billion USD
 * 2010–2011 China drought September 2010 to June 2011, brought water shortages for an estimated 2.31 million people and 2.57 million livestock, 20% of the farmland and 35% of the entire wheat crop was impacted.


 * 2010 China floods 10 May – September 2010  3,189+ dead 1,056+ missing 51.4 billion USD damage

In the "Three Bitter Years" of 1959-61, when there were both floods and droughts, 20 million people died.
 * 2010 China drought and dust storms 51 million people faced water shortages, $3.5 billion USD.
 * 2009 China floods 12.39 billion USD economic damage, 131 million Mu (8.73 million hectares) of farmland and 111 million people affected, 116 cases of flood in mountain areas resulting in 430 (out of 536?) deaths.
 * 2008-2009 China drought
 * 2008 South China floods
 * 2007-2008 China drought
 * 2007 China floods - death toll was at least 1,138, Huai River flood in July worst since 1954, displacing hundreds of thousands of wheat farmers for nearly a month.
 * 2006-2007 China drought
 * Southern_China_Flood_of_2006 3,155 human deaths in China in 2006, the highest figure since 1998.
 * 1975 Banqiao Dam failure, result of Typhoon Nina. 86,000 people died from flooding, 145,000 died to subsequent disease.
 * 1958–1961Great Chinese Famine 15,000,000–43,000,000 dead.
 * Chinese Drought 1941 3,000,000 dead
 * 1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood 500,000–700,000 deaths.
 * Chinese Famine of 1936 5,000,000 dead
 * 1935 Yangtze river flood 145,000 dead
 * 1931 China floods estimates range between 2 million and 4 million dead
 * Chinese Famine of 1928–1930 3,000,000 dead
 * 1911 Yangtze river flood 100,000 dead
 * Chinese Famine of 1907 24,000,000 dead
 * 1887 Yellow River flood claiming lives of between 0.9 million to 2 million.
 * 1876–1879 Northern Chinese Famine 13,000,000 dead