Cika wannan jumla:
1931 ambaliyar ruwa ta kasar Sin, daya daga cikin bala'o'in ambaliyar ruwa mafi muni a tarihin duniya, Wuhan mafaka ce ga wadanda ambaliyar ruwa ta rutsa da su daga yankuna masu nisa, wadanda suka fara isowa tun daga ƙarshen bazara. Amma lokacin da aka mamaye birnin da kansa a farkon lokacin bazara, kuma bayan bala'in rushewar katanga kafin karfe 6:00 na safe a ranar 27 ga Yuli, kimanin mutane 782,189 mazauna birane da 'yan gudun hijirar ƙauyuka sun bar marasa gida. Ambaliyar ta rufe yanki na murabba'in kilomita 32 kuma garin ya cika da ruwa mai yawa na kusan watanni uku. Mutane da yawa sun taru a kan tsibirin ambaliyar ruwa a ko'ina cikin birni, tare da 30,000 suna neman mafaka a kan tashar jirgin kasa a tsakiyar Hankou. Da yake ba su da isashen abinci da kuma tsabta, dubbai suka soma mutuwa sanadiyyar cututtuka. Jin Shilong, Babban Injiniya a Hukumar Rigakafin Ambaliyar Hubei, ya bayyana ambaliyar:Babu wani gargadi, kawai babban bango na ruwa. Yawancin gine-ginen Wuhan a waccan zamanin suna da hawa ɗaya kawai, kuma ga mutane da yawa babu mafaka <unk> sun mutu da dubun dubbai.... Ina dawowa daga aiki a babban ofishin kamfanin, sabon gini mai hawa uku kusa da tsakiyar gari... Sa'ad da na ji babbar hayaniya kuma na ga ruwan yana zuwa, na ruga zuwa bene na sama na ginin.... Ina cikin ɗaya daga cikin gine-gine mafi tsawo da ƙarfi da aka bari a tsaye. A wannan lokacin ba wanda ya san ko ruwan zai ragu ko kuma ya hau sama. An kai alamar ruwa mai yawa a ranar 19 ga Agusta a Hankou, tare da matakin ruwa ya wuce sama da yadda aka saba. A shekara ta 1936, lokacin da bala'i ya afkawa Tsakiyar China tare da ambaliyar ruwa da ta shafi Hebei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Wuhan da Chongqing sakamakon kogin Yangtze da Huai da suka fashe da bankunan su, Ong Seok Kim, a matsayin Shugaban Kwamitin Tattalin Arziki na Sitiawan da Kwamitin Ba da Agajin Bala'i, ya tara kuɗi da kayan aiki don tallafawa wadanda abin ya shafa.