FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 22

LESSONS LEARNED FROM PAST NOTABLE DISASTERS

PART III A: CHINA

NATURAL HAZARDS THAT PLACE CHINA’S NATURAL HAZARDS THAT PLACE CHINA’S COMMUNITIES AT RISK COMMUNITIES AT RISK

FLOODS

TYPHOONS

EARTHQUAKES

LANDSLIDESS

DROUGHT EPISODES

ENV. DEGRADATION

ENACT AND IMPLEMENT POLICIES HAVING HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE

GOAL: DISASTER GOAL: DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

CHINA’SCHINA’S

COMMUNITIESCOMMUNITIESDATA BASES DATA BASES AND INFORMATIONAND INFORMATION

HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

• FLOOD HAZARDS• BLDG. INVENTORY• VULNERABILITY• LOCATION

FLOOD RISK FLOOD RISK

RISK

ACCEPTABLE RISK

UNACCEPTABLE RISK

GOAL: FLOOD DISASTER GOAL: FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

• PREPAREDNESS• PROTECTION• EARLY WARNING• EMERGENCY RESPONSE• RECOVERY and RECONSTRUCTION

POLICY OPTIONSPOLICY OPTIONS

POLICY POLICY ADOPTIONADOPTION

RISK ASSESSMENT

• VULNERABILITYVULNERABILITY

• EXPOSUREEXPOSURE

• EVENTEVENT

POLICY ASSESSMENT

• COSTCOST

• BENEFITBENEFIT

•CONSEQUENCESCONSEQUENCES

TOWARDS FLOOD DISASTER TOWARDS FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCERESILIENCE

FLOODSFLOODS EXPECTED EXPECTED LOSSLOSS

FLOODS

FOR CENTURIES, CHINA HAS ENPERIENCED RECORD FLOODING

ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAINEY SEASON OR TYPHOONS

LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN

FLOODS

INUNDATION

INTERACTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

STRUCTURE & CONTENTS: DAMAGE FROM WATER

WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS)

EROSION AND MUDFLOWS

CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER

CAUSES OF RISK

DISASTER LABORATORIES

SOME OF CHINA’S NOTABLE FLOODS

VERY HIGH MORTALITY AND ECONOMIC LOSSES

MAP OF CHINA’S PROVINCES

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1887 YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) FLOODS

• DEATHS:

900,000–2,000,000

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1935 YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS

• DEATHS:

145,000

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1938 YELLOW RIVER (HUANG HE) FLOODS

• DEATHS:

500,000–700,000

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1939 TIANJIN FLOODS

• DEATHS:

30,000

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1954 YANGTZE RIVER FLOODS

• DEATHS:

30,000

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CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1975 FLOODS • DEATHS:

86,000 FROM FLOODING AND 145,000 FROM DISEASE

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1980 SICHUAN, HUBEI, AND ANHUI FLOODS

• DEATHS:

6,200

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1989 SICHUAN FLOODS

• DEATHS: 3,814

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 1998 YANGTZE FLOODS

• DEATHS: 3,656

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2004 FLOODS IN CHINA

• DEATHS: 1,029

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2005 FUJIAN, ANHUI, ZHEJIANG FLOODS

• DEATHS: 1,624

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2007 FLOODS • DEATHS: 1,348

CHINA’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

• 2010 FLOODS IN CHINA-NORTH K0REA

• DEATHS: 2,072

2007’S FLOODS IN CHINA

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.

LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS• ADEQUATE

PREPAREDNESS FOR WHAT IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

FLOOD IN KUNMING: JULY 22

FLOOD IN JIANGSU PROVINCE:JULY 9

FLOOD IN CHANGJIANG RIVER: JULY 26

FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 2

FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 16

LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS• CAPACITY FOR

EARLY WARNING FOR EVACUATION AND SAND-BAGGING IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

EVACUATION OF PISONERS, ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 15

FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 17

FLOOD IN MIZHOU, CHINA: JUNE 25

FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 14

HUAIHE RIVER: JULY 12

FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 16

FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE JULY 22

FLOOD IN HUAJIAHU LAKE: JULY 22

FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 13

LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS• PROTECTION OF

BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JUNE 30

FLOOD GATES OPENED ON THREE GOGES DAM: JULY 22

HUAIHE RIVER: JULY 10

FLOOD IN SICHUAN PROVINCDE: JULY 11

COLLAPSED HOUSES IN SICHUAN PROVINCE: JULY 9

LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS• CAPACITY FOR

INTELLIGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

FLOOD IN CHANGCHUN, JILIAN PROVINCE: JULY 6

FLOOD IN CHONGQING CITY:JULY 19

FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 2

FLOOD IN GUANGHI PROVINCE: JUNE 13

FLOOD IN ANHUI PROVINCE: JULY 12

FLOOD IN HUBEI PROVINCE: JUNE 26

A RESCUE IN XINJIANG PROVINCE: JULY 17

FLOOD IN SICHUAN PROVINCE: JULY 12

FLOOD INDUCED LANDSLIDE IN SICHUAN PROVINCE: JULY 9

FLOOD AND MUDFLOWS IN XINJIANG PROVINCE: JULY 11

ENV. DISASTER, DONGHU LAKE, HUBEI PROVINCE: JULY 12

LESSONS LEARNED FOR DISASTER RESILIENCE

• ALL FLOODS• CAPACITY FOR

RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

PRIME MINISTER HU JUNTAO IN CHONGQING CITY: JULY 22

A RECOVERY NIGHTMARE IN CHONGQING CITY: JULY 19