2010-07-22 00:23
BEIJING - Rain-triggered floods left 273 people dead and 218 missing since rainstorms struck South China on July 1, latest figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs show; up from the 146 deaths reported on July 16.
As of 4:00 pm Wednesday, about 58 million people in 11 provinces and Chongqing municipality had been affected by the floods, with 3 million being evacuated and resettled, according to a statement released Wednesday by the ministry.
A total of 330,
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Also, economic losses were estimated at about 58.27 billion yuan ($8.53 billion), the statement said.
Additionally on Wednesday,
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The funds will be used for the evacuation and resettlement efforts, reconstruction and death gratuities,
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The previous relief funds of 370 million yuan was allocated to the provinces of Anhui,
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Also on Wednesday, the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee allocated 5.5 million yuan "special membership fees" for disaster relief in the provinces of Hubei,
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Earlier Wednesday, the Chinese government revealed that torrential rains and floods, the worst in a decade, have claimed the lives of 701 people and left 347 missing in China since the beginning of the year.
Liu Ning, vice minister of Water Resources, warned that floods, mud-flooding and landslides would likely continue to plague some areas in Hainan, Guangdong, and Guangxi with landfall of a severe tropical storm, named Chanthu, on Thursday.
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