1938年6月，国民党炸开花园口黄河大堤，44个县共54000平方公里的土地变成一片汪洋，受灾人口达1250万，死亡89万。黄水退去，这里变成沙荒千里人烟稀的黄泛区。这是泛区百姓扶老携幼逃避水灾的凄凉景况。（郑景康摄）

    People escape the flooding bleak situation. The KMT exploded Huayuankou Yellow River in June 1938, caused 44 counties of 54,000 square kilometers of land into a lake of water and 890 000 people died.（Photo by Zheng Jingkang）