China: Flooding at Anqing near the Zhenfeng Pagoda on the Yangtze River, Anhui Province, during...

The 1931 China floods or the 1931 Yellow River floods were a series of devastating floods that occurred in the Republic of China. The floods are generally considered among one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000 to between 3.7 million and 4 million. The Zhenfeng Pagoda was originally built in 1570 during the Ming Dynasty. Due to its location near a bend in the Yangtze River, the pagoda was formerly used as a lighthouse, and contains niches for lanterns.[ After construction, the pagoda was initially called the 'Ten-thousand Buddha' pagoda due to its interior containing over six hundred statues of the Buddha.