Floods leave 427 people dead, 126 missing in China
20:44, 25 August 2009
BEIJING. August 25. KAZINFORM Floods this year in China have left 427 people dead and 126 missing as of Monday, the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters (SFDH) announced on Tuesday; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
Floods had hit 29 provinces or regions and affected 91.88 million people and 7.12 million hectares of crops, resulting in 71.1 billion yuan (10.41 billion U.S. dollars) of losses, said a statement on the SFDH website.
A severe drought in the main grain production bases in north China this summer had affected up to 191 million mu (27.96 million hectares) of crops -- about 35 percent more than the average in the previous years, said the statement; Kazinform has learnt from Xinhua.
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