1048 Yellow River flood

1048 Yellow River flood
Date1048 - 1198
CauseFailure of a fascine at Shanghu
DeathsApproximately a million people

The 1048 Yellow River flood was a natural disaster along the Yellow River in China that was caused by the failure of a fascine in Shanghu in 1048 AD. It caused over a million people to be killed and many displaced, and was a major cause of the Song dynasty's eventual decline in power.