The Yellow River flood 1887 By James Taoutaou and Valentin Massart
Hello, I am James Taoutaou and this is my friend Valentin Massart. We are going to tell you all about the second most deadliest flood of all time... The Yellow River Flood, in China, in 1887.
Death
Causes
The Yellow river, also known as the Huang He, was vulnerable to flooding because of the flat lands that surrounded it. For centuries, the farmers that lived near the Yellow River, had built dykes,(big embankment to prevent floods) to contain the rising waters. The reason the waters were rising was because of the deposited silt that collected on the riverbed. But what pushed it over the edge in 1887 were heavy rains that went over the dykes.
This is a Dyke
Effects
The Flood covered 130,000km2, and destroyed many buildings such as shops and farms. Also it killed around 900,000 to 2,000,000 people and left 2 million others homeless.
Response
Over the years the Chinese have tried to stop the Yellow River from flooding by building different structures such as, building higher levees ( an embankment) digging channels and building dams but to no prevail. They normally just silt up and the river still floods.Right at this very moment, however, the Chinese are constructing a massive new dam called Xiaolangdi Multipurpose Dam Project. It has 10 intake towers, which provide power, 9 flood and sediment tunnels, six power tunnels and an underground powerhouse. Maybe then they will have finally tamed the Huang He...
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