The Banqiao Reservoir Dam (simplified Chinese: 板桥水库大坝; traditional Chinese: 板橋水庫大壩; pinyin: Bǎnqiáo Shuǐkù Dàbà) is a dam on the River Ru (汝河), a tributary... 8 KB (987 words) - 13:40, 30 January 2024 |
as Typhoon Bebeng, was a deadly tropical cyclone that triggered the Banqiao Dam collapse in China's Henan Province, China in August 1975. It formed on... 10 KB (1,080 words) - 19:37, 31 March 2024 |
event was the second-deadliest dam failure in history, after the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure in China. The collapsed dams were built under Gaddafi's government... 46 KB (3,826 words) - 13:07, 2 May 2024 |
film is based on the award-winning short documentary DAMs - The Lethal Water Bombs, and the Banqiao dam disaster of 1975 that claimed the lives of 250,000... 30 KB (2,631 words) - 18:00, 5 March 2024 |
hours. The Morbi dam failure was listed as the worst dam burst in the Guinness Book of Records (before the death toll of the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure was declassified... 10 KB (976 words) - 02:00, 16 November 2023 |
Dam failures are comparatively rare, but can cause immense damage and loss of life when they occur. In 1975 the failure of the Banqiao Reservoir Dam and... 55 KB (1,849 words) - 23:30, 4 April 2024 |
4000/chinaperspectives.2593. ISSN 2070-3449. "Typhoon Nina–Banqiao dam failure | 1975 Banqiao Dam Disaster, Chinese History | Britannica". www.britannica... 228 KB (25,336 words) - 11:47, 3 May 2024 |
Taipei Banqiao Dam (板桥水库大坝), dam on the Ru River near Zhumadian, Henan that suffered an infamous failure in 1975 Banqiao Town (disambiguation) Banqiao Township... 547 bytes (98 words) - 01:44, 11 November 2023 |
design of the Banqiao Dam. Chen was born in Nanjing and was a vocal critic of the government dam building policy, which involved many dams in the basin... 4 KB (407 words) - 13:19, 12 January 2024 |
Hydroelectricity (redirect from Hydroelectric dam) Typhoon Nina in 1975 Banqiao Dam in Southern China failed when more than a year's worth of rain fell within 24 hours (see 1975 Banqiao Dam failure). The resulting... 61 KB (5,339 words) - 17:58, 27 April 2024 |
January 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2020. "The Forgotten Legacy of the Banqiao Dam Collapse". internationalrivers.org. Retrieved 25 March 2020. "1975年那个黑色八月(下)(史海钩沉)"... 145 KB (14,060 words) - 13:08, 22 April 2024 |
One of the deadliest incidents of all time is the Failure of the 1975 Banqiao Dam Failure, with varying estimates, up to 240,000 dead. Other incidents... 120 KB (12,545 words) - 08:41, 2 May 2024 |
Yellow River flood Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu 930,000 1975 Banqiao dam failure Henan, Anhui 230,000 This dam failure was a landmark technological failure in the... 9 KB (651 words) - 04:16, 13 April 2024 |
caused by hydroelectric power plants[citation needed] with failure of Banqiao Dam in 1975 resulting in 170,000-230,000 fatalities alone. As other common... 120 KB (11,797 words) - 21:10, 2 May 2024 |
18 May 2018. Luino, Fabio; Tosatti, Giovanni; Bonaria, Vittorio (2014). "Dam Failures in the 20th Century: Nearly 1,000 Avoidable Victims in Italy Alone"... 44 KB (535 words) - 18:09, 24 April 2024 |
Some of the notable storms here are Typhoon Nina, which caused the Banqiao Dam flood, which resulted in approximately 126,000 people dead, and Typhoon... 39 KB (1,626 words) - 03:04, 25 April 2024 |
However, various sources claim about 1,000,000. On August 8, 1975, the Banqiao Dam, in China's Henan, failed after a freak typhoon; over 200,000 people... 152 KB (18,186 words) - 10:47, 1 May 2024 |
On July 26, in response to increasing water levels, the Ambuklao Dam and Binga Dam began discharging water at rates of 60 (2,100) and 65 cubic metres... 114 KB (10,191 words) - 03:24, 26 April 2024 |
greater metal fatigue than anticipated at the corners of windows. The 62 Banqiao Dams failure event in China in 1975, due to Typhoon Nina. Approximately 86... 7 KB (830 words) - 03:56, 5 February 2024 |
and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland. August 8 – The Banqiao Dam, in China's Henan Province, fails after Typhoon Nina; over 200,000 people... 94 KB (8,671 words) - 17:35, 1 May 2024 |
insured against a catastrophic event such as dam failures. For example, the failure of the Banqiao Dam caused the death of an estimated 30,000 to 200... 210 KB (21,052 words) - 23:37, 22 April 2024 |