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Death toll rises to 377 in China's
flooding this year
BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Floods in China have killed 377
people this year, as of Friday, and left 142 others missing, the
Office of State Flood Damage ...
BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Floods in China have killed 377
people this year, as of Friday, and left 142 others missing, the
Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters
said Friday in a statement on its website.
Further, flooding in 2010 has affected 64.57 million people in
China's 22 provinces, municipalities and regions, as well as
inundating about 4 million hectares of crops, the statement
said.
A total of 4.35 million people have been evacuated due to the
flood waters, which destroyed 368,000 homes and caused economic
losses reaching 75.6 billion yuan (11.13 billion U.S. dollars),
according to the statement.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited flood-hit Fuzhou City in the
eastern province of Jiangxi Thursday to inspect the fight
against flooding and review disaster relief efforts. Wen also
asked local officials to send more relief funds and materials to
ensure that basic living needs of flood victims are met.
PUBLISHED 2010-06-25
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