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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-8129-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-8129-2026
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05 Nov 2026
Data description article |  | 05 Nov 2026

CFDID: a China Flood Disaster Impact Database from 1994 to 2023

Shibo Cui, Ni Li, Shiruo Hu, Zhiqi Wan, Jiaru Wang, Jinchao Tang, Ruixi Zhang, Yingjia Li, Xinpeng Yu, Yiqian Tan, Wenbo Shan, and Jianshi Zhao

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Floods have caused widespread societal and economic impacts in China, yet long-term and systematic records remain scarce. Using document scanning and large language models, we compiled and manually verified 1716 flood disaster records from 66 official documents covering 1994 to 2023. This open database provides a more complete picture of flood impacts in China than widely used international sources and can support research, disaster preparedness, risk reduction and insurance.
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