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Follow-Up China flood : Floods cause more death
The floods caused by continuous torrential rain since mid-June have
affected millions of people as the rainy season coupled with fierce floods
continues to batter central Huaihe river and southern China. Millions of
people stretched across 24 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities
have been lashed by torrential rains and floods.
The situations got worsen, with expected thunderstorms and strong winds
raised the risk of mountain torrents, landslides and mudflows.
1. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Heavy
rains are continuing such as
- Southern China since 31 May
- Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing
municipality since 15 June
- Huaihe river valley since 28 June
Rainfall
broke the record one after another 266.6mm rainfall between
Monday (16th) night to Tuesday (17th) afternoon at Chongqing,
An average 63.2mm rainfall between 6:00p.m. Monday (16th) to 11:00a.m.
Tuesday (17th) at the regional capital Urumqi.
The China Meteorological Station
forecast Sunday (15th) heavy rain for the
next three days in East part of Northwest China, Sichuan basin, Northeast
part of Nei Mongol, and next ten days in the Huaihe River valley, the middle
and lower reaches of Yangtze River and Yunnan-Kweichow Plateau.
2. NUMBER OF VICTIMS (as of July 12, 2007)
Dead
: 403 people
Missing : 105 people
Relocated : 3.17 million people
Affected : 82 million people
Economic Loses : 31.9 billion Yuan (about
667 million US dollars)
The
followings are brief description :
-7 provinces along Huaihe Rive and Yangtze River
(Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing,
Shaanxi)
Dead 131 people
Missing 31 people
Affected 35.8 million people
Collapsed house 500,000 (by 11 Jul)
-Anhui Dead 30 people
Affected 15 million people (by 17 Jul)
-Hubei Dead 30 people
Missing 9 people
Evacuate 3.5 million people
Ruined farmland 206,900 ha
Collapsed house 12,800
Affected 5.5 million people (by 15 Jul)
-Hunan Dead 49 people
Missing 42 people
Evacuate 200,000 people (by 4 Jun)
-Henan Evacuate 331,000 people
Affected
4.3 million people (by 15 Jul)
-Yunnan Dead 54 people
Affected 8 million (by 15 Jul)
-Guizhou Dead 60 people
Affected 3.05 million people (by 18 Jul)
-Sichuan Dead 37 people
Missing 37 people
Evacuate 428,000 people
Affected 7.2 million people (by 11 Jul)
(Chongqing municipality)
Following numbers are included numbers for Sichuan province :
Dead 10 people
Missing 5 people
Injured 128 people
Evacuate 113,100 people
Affected 2.72 million people
Ruined farmland 118,060 ha
Collapsed house more than10, 000 (by 17 Jul)
(Source : Xinhua, China Radio International)
3.LOCATION
As of 11 Jul
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/3579B64E478B4DD7
C1257316002EB668/$File/ifrc_FL_chn070711.pdf?OpenElement
(Reliefweb)
As of 16 Jul
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/E92DDC813E30643A
C125731C002855EB/$File/ifrc_FL_chn070716.pdf?OpenElement
(Reliefweb)
Please check GFAS page:
http://gfas.internationalfloodnetwork.org/gfas-web
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