<page_title> Dam failure </page_title> <section_title> List of major dam failures </section_title> <table> <cell> Banqiao and Shimantan Dams <col_header> Dam/incident </col_header> </cell> <cell> 171,000 <col_header> Fatalities </col_header> </cell> <cell> Extreme rainfall, beyond the planned design capability of the dam, dumped on China by Typhoon Nina. 11 million people lost their homes. <col_header> Details </col_header> </cell> </table>
Banqiao and Shimantan Dams disaster killed an estimated 171,000 people and 11 million people lost their homes.