Large amounts of rainfall beginning on 18 May quickly led areas of eastern China to begin overflowing with water; however, flooding reports in the area had begun to be officially addressed around late June. Specifically, the
Huai,
Chu, and
Yangtze rivers are credited with the main flooding that resulted in the
Anhui,
Jiangsu, and
Henan provinces taking the most damage. The Chinese government initially sent out soldiers and troops to help with evacuation and flood relief efforts, but with the number of homes and acres of crops destroyed increasing steadily, the Chinese government turned to other countries, requesting for aid in flood relief. On September 3, 1991, the UN Department of Human Affairs (now known as the
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) announced that the death toll was 556 in the
Anhui province, 260 in the
Jiangsu province, and 94 in the
Henan province. ==References==