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Date	Location	Dead
1887, September-October	Hwang Ho (Yellow) River, China	Over 900,000
1939	North China	500,000
1642	Kaifeng, Honan Province, China	Over 300,000
1099	England and the Netherlands	100,000
1287, December 14	The Netherlands	50,000
1824	Russia	10,000
1421, November 18	The Netherlands	10,000
1964, November-December	Mekong Delta, South Vietnam	5,000
1951, August 6-7	Manchuria	4,800
1948, June	Foochow, China	3,500

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