The 2009 Luoding flood () was a major flood that occurred in
Luoding
Luoding, alternately romanized as Loting, is a county-level city in the northwestern part of Guangdong province (粤北), South China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Yunfu.
History
As early as 10,000 years ago, ther ...
,
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
in the
People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
on the week of September 17, 2009.
[TimesofIndia.com.]
TimesofIndia.com
" ''Seven die as Typhoon Koppu hits China.'' Retrieved on 2009-10-09. The water level increased due to rain from
Typhoon Koppu
Typhoon Koppu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Lando, was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck Luzon in October 2015. It was the twenty-fourth named storm and the fifteenth typhoon of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season, annual ...
. The storm slammed into
South China
South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...
causing torrential rain,
mudslides
A mudflow or mud flow is a form of mass wasting involving fast-moving flow of debris that has become liquified by the addition of water. Such flows can move at speeds ranging from 3 meters/minute to 5 meters/second. Mudflows contain a significa ...
and an
oil spill
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...
.
Dam flood order
The town most seriously affected was Chuanbu (船步).
[Takungpao.com.]
Takungpao.com
." ''「巨爵」狂襲粵西 三死四失蹤.'' Retrieved on 2009-10-09. Some sources pointed out that the township government was ordered by Guangdong provincial authorities to flood the countryside around Chuanbu to ease the water levels at the Shandong dam.
[RFA.org.]
" ''Officials Ordered Town Drowned.'' Retrieved on 2009-10-09. More than 100 people stormed the government offices three times, they were not allowed in. A resident said township officials refused to meet with the villagers.
Tolls and damages
Sources vary on the damages and tolls. Some sources listed the death toll at seven dead and six missing,
while others listed three dead and four missing.
More than 100,000 residents had to be evacuated and direct economic losses totaled two billion
yuan.
References
Luoding Flood, 2009
Floods in China
Luoding Flood, 2009
Yunfu
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