158 people dead or missing in China due to floods

22:24, July 28, 2020

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  158 people dead or missing in China due to floods

  A total of 158 people have died or are missing and over 54.8 million have been affected due to floods in 27 provincial-level regions, including Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces as of Tuesday, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.(Photo: CFP)As of Tuesday, 3.76 million people were relocated, and 41,000 houses collapsed.The floods have caused direct economic losses worth 144.43 billion yuan (some 20.63 billion U.S. dollars).The major flood season in China arrived this year on June 1 as downpour lashed out on several provinces and caused rising water levels in rivers and lakes including the Yangtze River.

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  Floods cause fewer deaths, less damage in China

  Photo taken on July 21, 2020 shows the Liujiaxia reservoir discharging floodwater in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province.A total of 142 people have died or gone missing in floods across 27 provincial regions in China since June 1, down 56.5 percent on the average amoun

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  Over 54.8 mln people affected by floods in China

  Photo: CGTNBEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The rain-triggered floods in China have affected some 54.8 million people in 27 provincial-level regions as of Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.Floods in these areas, including the provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui and Hubei, have left 158 people dead or missing, and forced the emergency relocation of around 3.76 million people.About 368,000 houses were damaged, and direct economic losses amounted to 144.43 billion yuan (about 20.66 billion U.S. dollars).Since June, continuous downpours have lashed large parts of southern China, and the water in many rivers in the affected regions has exceeded warning levels.