民国时期湖南水灾严重。民国的３８年当中，有３５年出现不同程度的水灾，尤以１９３１年、１９３５年、１９４８年和１９４９年的特大洪水最为严重，损失之惨重至今不堪回首。１９３１年６至８月，全省受灾的有５０余县，淹毁良田７００万亩，淹死５万余人。１９３５年夏，全 Flood in Hunan during the Republic of China was serious. In the 38 years of the Republic of China, some 35 years of floods occurred. Especially in 1931, 1935, 1948 and 1949, the most serious floods were the most serious ones. The heavy losses have so far been overdone. From June to August 1931, more than 50 counties were affected in the province, flooding 7 million mu of farmland and drowned more than 50,000 people. Summer 1935, all