Northern China ian susceptible to catastrophic floods , such as the Northern Chinese Famine of 1876 – 79 which killed about 13 million , 1938 Yellow River flood which killed up to 800,000 , 1887 Yellow River flood killed 900,000 , Chinese famine of 1942 – 43 killed 3 million and the Great Chinese Famine which killed tens of millions of Mandarin Chinese speaking peoples in Northern China and Sichuan
1938 Yellow River flood
1938 Yellow River flood
North China