These Are The Deadliest Natural Disasters In Modern History

Yangtze River Floods, 1931

From 1926 to 1930, China was affected by a long drought. However, in the winter of 1930, there began to be some abnormal weather with heavy snowstorms, followed by a large spring thaw and very heavy rains.

The rain was significantly heavier during the months of July and August in 1931. In turn, this caused the Yangtze River to flood killing nearly 3.7 million people. This incident has been considered the worst natural disaster of the 20th Century, and possibly of recorded time. The flooding was followed by a period of terrible famine and pandemics, making the disaster even more destructive.