Latest Update of Disasters for an "Olympic Host" '' -- Tem****ary Halt in
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-- The economic impact has been estimated as high as 19.46 trillion yuan
(approximately US$2.7 trillion) --
Tem****ary Halt in China Snowstorms
But more bad weather on the way
By Feng Yiran
Epoch Times Staff
Feb 06, 2008
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Villagers walk past snow covered Hui-Style buildings in the Hong****liu
Village February 2, 2008 in the outskirts of Wuhan of Hubei Province,
China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
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According to a re****t from China's National Metrological Centre, the
snow storms that hit a major ****tion of China in recent weeks eased on
Monday.
However, Southern China is expected to face more stormy weather again
around Feb. 10 which may last a month.
Since mid-January, at least 100 million people from 18 provinces,
cities, and autonomous regions have been affected by the bad weather. In
the most severely impacted region in Central China's Hunan province, the
total number of victims was nearly 40 million, including 20 deaths.
China News Service said the Hunan Weather Relief Headquarters estimated
that 3.52 million people were without access to adequate drinking water,
82,000 houses collapsed, 2.46 million hectares of crops were damaged and
608,000 head of livestock died.
Zhong Qimao, the assistant head of the Civil Affairs Bureau in Southeast
China's Jiangxi province, said at a press conference on Monday that over
half of Jianxi population ¡ª 22.1 million people ¡ª has been hit by the
snow storm, resulting two deaths.
More than 38,000 hectares of crops were completely destroyed and 670,000
people were affected by a lack of drinking water. The direct economic
impact has been estimated as high as 19.46 trillion yuan (approximately
US$2.7 trillion).
According to survey data from the Civil Affairs Bureau in Sichuan
province, the low temperatures and snowstorms have caused the break down
of trans****tation, electricity and water supplies in 19 cities and 113
counties.
By February 3, the number of people affected in Sichuan by the disaster
had reached 10.302 million, with 3 dead, 67,500 injured or ill and
292,000 impacted by water supply problems.
In addition, more than 16,000 houses collapsed and 87,000 more were
damaged. A total of 513,000 hectares of cropland was affected, with more
than 312,000 hectares of crops completely destroyed.
It is estimated that the total financial loss has exceeded 3.374
trillion yuan (US$450 billion) including 1.928 trillion in agricultural
losses.
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