Flooded area of 1975 Banqiao Dam failure |
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| Date | August 5–9, 1975 |
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| Location | Zhumadian, Henan, China |
| Cause | Typhoon Nina, engineering flaws, policy errors. (Background: Great Leap Forward to Chinese Cultural Revolution) |
| Deaths | 26,000 to 240,000 |
| Property damage | 62 dams collapsed 30 cities and counties (3 million acres) inundated More than 5 million houses collapsed 10.75 million people affected |
The 1975 Banqiao Dam failure (simplified Chinese: 河南“75·8”水库溃坝; traditional Chinese: 河南「75·8」水庫潰壩) was the collapse of the Banqiao Dam and 61 other dams in Henan, China, under the influence of Typhoon Nina in August 1975.[1][2][3][4] The dam collapse created the third-deadliest flood in history which affected a total population of 10.15 million and inundated around 30 cities and
