Natural disasters kill 3,186 Chinese in 2006
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-02-28 18:51
MAOMING - China witnessed frequent natural disasters which claimed
3,186 lives in 2006, an official with the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced
Wednesday.
Natural disasters damaged 41 million hectares of farmland, toppled down 1.93
million houses and forced 13.84 million people to leave their homes, causing
direct economic losses of 252.8 billion yuan, said Li Liguo, vice minister of
civil affairs, at a two-day national conference on disaster relief which ended
Wednesday in Maoming City of south China's Guangdong Province.
According to Li, the central and local governments
earmarked more than 10 billion yuan ($1.25b) last year in disaster relief and
salvation.
The Disaster Deduction Commission and the Civil Affairs Ministry sent out 60
disaster relief working groups to the affected areas in 2006.
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