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Foreign News
October 22, 1800
The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
Recent dispatches from Canton report severe flooding in China from prolonged rains, with the Hoang-ho River overflowing, destroying villages, forcing residents to flee to hills, and turning cultivated plains into watery expanses navigated by boats.
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INUNDATION IN CHINA.
The late overland dispatches brought recent accounts from Canton, stating that an uncommon succession of rain had laid entire districts in China under water. The great river Hoang-ho had been swollen to such excess, as totally to wash from its banks many of the villages which adorn them, and inundate all the adjacent country. Such of the inhabitants as escaped this awful visitation, had fled with the remains of their property to the hills. The beautiful and level plains, which lately exhibited all the rich variety of cultivation, were, at the date of these accounts, covered with boats, employed in collecting the wreck of the country floating on the waters.
The late overland dispatches brought recent accounts from Canton, stating that an uncommon succession of rain had laid entire districts in China under water. The great river Hoang-ho had been swollen to such excess, as totally to wash from its banks many of the villages which adorn them, and inundate all the adjacent country. Such of the inhabitants as escaped this awful visitation, had fled with the remains of their property to the hills. The beautiful and level plains, which lately exhibited all the rich variety of cultivation, were, at the date of these accounts, covered with boats, employed in collecting the wreck of the country floating on the waters.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
What keywords are associated?
China Inundation
Hoang Ho Flood
Canton Accounts
Heavy Rains
Villages Destroyed
Where did it happen?
China
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
China
Event Date
Recent Accounts From Canton Via Late Overland Dispatches
Outcome
villages washed away; inhabitants fled to hills with remains of property; plains inundated and covered with boats collecting floating wreck
Event Details
Uncommon succession of rain laid entire districts under water; Hoang-ho River swollen, washing villages from banks and inundating adjacent country