Man Made Disasters

In 1975, At the beginning of August,  a typhoon occured because of the change in the weather pattern. A series of storms and rains occured when the hot, humid air of the typhoon met the cold air . The first one was on August 5, followed by the second one on August 6th and the third one on August 7th. During these days within 24 hours itself more than one year's rain was poured.  Totally 62 dams broke, affecting the life of eleven million people. Even the evacuation orders failed to reach many people because of the problem in communication caused by flood. People who survived in this flood were trapped without food. Contaminated water affected the health of manu people. 

These dams affected the local population. According to the records nearly 26,000 people died because of flood. Many were injured. This converted China into a land full of corpses.