LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS PART III A: CHINA

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS PART
III A CHINA FLOODS

Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster
Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA 
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NATURAL HAZARDS THAT PLACE CHINAS COMMUNITIES AT
RISK
FLOODS
GOAL DISASTER RESILIENCE
TYPHOONS
EARTHQUAKES
ENACT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES HAVING HIGH
BENEFIT/COST FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
LANDSLIDESS
DROUGHT EPISODES
ENV. DEGRADATION
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CHINAS COMMUNITIES
DATA BASES AND INFORMATION
HAZARDS GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE
SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN
UP AFTERSHOCKS
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TOWARDS FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE
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FLOODS

• FOR CENTURIES, CHINA HAS ENPERIENCED RECORD
  FLOODING ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAINEY SEASON OR
  TYPHOONS

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CAUSES OF RISK
LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN
INUNDATION
INTERACTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
STRUCTURE CONTENTS DAMAGE FROM WATER
FLOODS
WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS)
DISASTER LABORATORIES
EROSION AND MUDFLOWS
CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER
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SOME OF CHINAS NOTABLE FLOODS

• VERY HIGH MORTALITY AND ECONOMIC LOSSES

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MAP OF CHINAS PROVINCES
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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1887 YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) FLOODS

• DEATHS 900,0002,000,000

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1935 YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS

• DEATHS 145,000

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1938 YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) FLOODS

• DEATHS 500,000700,000

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1939 TIANJIN FLOODS

• DEATHS 30,000

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1954 YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS

• DEATHS 30,000

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1975 FLOODS

• DEATHS 86,000 FROM FLOODING AND 145,000 FROM
  DISEASE

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1980 SICHUAN, HUBEI, AND ANHUI FLOODS

• DEATHS 6,200

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1989 SICHUAN FLOODS

• DEATHS 3,814

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1998 YANGTZE FLOODS

• DEATHS 3,656

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2004 FLOODS IN CHINA

• DEATHS 1,029

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2005 FUJIAN, ANHUI, ZHEJIANG FLOODS

• DEATHS 1,624

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2007 FLOODS

• DEATHS 1,348

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CHINAS NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2010 FLOODS IN CHINA-NORTH K0REA

• DEATHS 2,072

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2007S FLOODS IN CHINA
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IMPACTS OF FLOODING IN CHINA DURING 2007

• Floods alone killed more than 1,348 people in
  China during 2007.

• Economic losses from floods reached more than 10
  billion USD.
• An estimated 139 million people were adversely
  affected by floods.
• As many as 2.7 million were evacuated in advance
  of a single potential flood event.

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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS
• ADEQUATE PREPAREDNESS FOR WHAT IS LIKELY TO
  HAPPEN IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

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FLOOD IN KUNMING JULY 22
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FLOOD IN JIANGSU PROVINCEJULY 9
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FLOOD IN CHANGJIANG RIVER JULY 26
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE JULY 2
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 16
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS
• CAPACITY FOR EARLY WARNING FOR EVACUATION AND
  SAND-BAGGING IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY
  RESILIENCE.

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EVACUATION OF PISONERS, ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 15
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 17
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FLOOD IN MIZHOU, CHINA JUNE 25
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE JULY 14
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HUAIHE RIVER JULY 12
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 16
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 22
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FLOOD IN HUAJIAHU LAKE JULY 22
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 13
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS
• PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS
  ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE JUNE 30
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FLOOD GATES OPENED ON THREE GOGES DAM JULY 22
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HUAIHE RIVER JULY 10
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FLOOD IN SICHUAN PROVINCDE JULY 11
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COLLAPSED HOUSES IN SICHUAN PROVINCE JULY 9
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS
• CAPACITY FOR INTELLIGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS
  ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

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FLOOD IN CHANGCHUN, JILIAN PROVINCE JULY 6
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FLOOD IN CHONGQING CITYJULY 19
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE JULY 2
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FLOOD IN GUANGHI PROVINCE JUNE 13
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FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 12
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FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE JUNE 26
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A RESCUE IN XINJIANG PROVINCE JULY 17
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FLOOD IN SICHUAN PROVINCE JULY 12
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FLOOD INDUCED LANDSLIDE IN SICHUAN PROVINCE JULY
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FLOOD AND MUDFLOWS IN XINJIANG PROVINCE JULY 11
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ENV. DISASTER, DONGHU LAKE, HUBEI PROVINCE JULY
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LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS
• CAPACITY FOR RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS
  ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

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PRIME MINISTER HU JUNTAO IN CHONGQING CITY JULY
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A RECOVERY NIGHTMARE IN CHONGQING CITY JULY 19