1194 Yellow River flood 1194 Yellow River flood The 1194 Yellow River flood was a series of natural disasters along the Yellow River in China during the Jurchen Jin dynasty. The Grand Canal was used to provide extensive disaster relief, but the flood devastated large swathes of the north China plain, wrecked the regional economy, and created many thousands of refugees. It altered the course of the Yellow River from that taken along the Hai River past modern Tianjin during the 1048 flood and also permanently shifted (and shrank) the course of the Si River in Shandong. The former course into the Huai was
Flood (They Might Be Giants album) as their most iconic. Due to the acclaim with which it was received, the album is considered to have cemented the band's reputation as a staple of alternative and college rock. They Might Be Giants has performed the album live in its entirety on numerous occasions, including during their 2010 US tour and their 2013 tour of Australia. In 2015, the band released the live album "Flood Live in Australia", a recording of the album played live in 2013, in which the songs are played in reverse order, starting with "Road Movie to Berlin" and ending with "Theme from Flood".