stackyFACTSThe 1931 China floods are widely considered the most deeply devastating natural disaster in recorded human history. Following a series of severe droughts and relentless winter snowstorms, the Yangtze and Huai rivers violently burst their banks, resulting in an estimated three to four million tragic casualties.
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