BEIJING: China’s emergency management ministry reported 590 people died or went missing in flood-related disasters from January to October this year, affecting 58.9 million people in the country.Member) said on Monday.
Officials said 3.5 million people needed emergency rehabilitation and 203,000 homes had collapsed, resulting in China’s direct economic loss of 240.6 billion yuan. Global Times Newspaper reported.
zhou Xuwen, deputy head of China’s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM), disclosed these figures at a news conference on Monday.
The publication said Chinese authorities have released a total of 2.186 billion yuan to the Central Relief Fund for Natural Disasters and allocated 350,000 central relief supply items to meet the demands of those affected.
The emergency ministry said it has built a rescue force system since its inception in 2018, which includes more than 3000 professional rescue teams nationally specializing in disasters and other expertise.
According to Zhou, local governments are urgently repairing local infrastructure, processing security identification of damaged homes and harvesting autumn grain. In addition, MEM is helping local governments prepare post-disaster recovery and reconstruction plans, the Global Times reported.
Zhou said some provinces with better conditions should finish rebuilding collapsed houses before the Spring Festival early next year.
Officials said 3.5 million people needed emergency rehabilitation and 203,000 homes had collapsed, resulting in China’s direct economic loss of 240.6 billion yuan. Global Times Newspaper reported.
zhou Xuwen, deputy head of China’s Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM), disclosed these figures at a news conference on Monday.
The publication said Chinese authorities have released a total of 2.186 billion yuan to the Central Relief Fund for Natural Disasters and allocated 350,000 central relief supply items to meet the demands of those affected.
The emergency ministry said it has built a rescue force system since its inception in 2018, which includes more than 3000 professional rescue teams nationally specializing in disasters and other expertise.
According to Zhou, local governments are urgently repairing local infrastructure, processing security identification of damaged homes and harvesting autumn grain. In addition, MEM is helping local governments prepare post-disaster recovery and reconstruction plans, the Global Times reported.
Zhou said some provinces with better conditions should finish rebuilding collapsed houses before the Spring Festival early next year.
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