1997年8月18日(农历七月十六),宁海具遭受11号强台风袭击,台风、暴雨、天文大潮三碰头,沿海堤坝全线崩溃,海水倒灌,棉地被淹时间最短72小时,部分长达168小时以上,全县3000公顷棉花受淹,绝收2900公顷,损失皮棉3470吨,损失金额5000万元,损失之惨重为历史少见。 On August 18, 1997 (Lunar New Year, July 16), Ninghai was hit by a typhoon 11 typhoon, typhoon, torrential rain and astronomical tides. As the coastal embankment collapsed across the board and the sea water was intruded, the shortest flooded cotton time was 72 hours, As long as 168 hours or more, the county 3000 hectares of cotton flooded, a total of 2,900 hectares of waste, lint loss of 3470 tons, the amount of the loss of 50 million yuan, the loss of heavy historical rare.