173: 1913 China Flood
5/14/20269 min
In 1913, relentless rains caused the Yangtze River to overflow, flooding entire villages and leaving families stranded for weeks. With no warning systems and limited resources, people relied on courage, quick thinking, and each other to survive. This episode shares real moments from one of history’s lesser-known floods—and the strength it took to rebuild afterward.
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First 90 secondsTess· Host0:06
Welcome to Mystery Kids Podcast. Hey everyone, and welcome back to the Mystery Kids Podcast. I'm your host, Tess, and today's story is about something that doesn't roar like a volcano or shake like an earthquake, but it can still take over everything in its path, water. And in 1913, that water didn't just rise, it stayed. Before we head into this week's podcast, I first wanna do some birthday shout-outs because we are in May now. And so if you want to make sure that your birthday gets shouted out, make sure you go into the show notes or you head into the podcast. Any of the show notes in the podcast episodes will have where you put your birthday in. So make sure to do that so that I can have them on our birthday list. And so happy May birthday to Veronica, Jordan, G- Gunner Buczynski, James Kilburn, Isaac, Griffin and Gabby Brow, Mason, Stefan, Archer, Bentley, Neil, Meyer, Shelby, Austin, Zoe, Gemma, Ava from South Carolina, Austin,