The authorities reported that extreme rains and severe floods in China resulted in nearly tripling economic Natural Disaster Losses in July compared to the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Management, China’s economic damages from natural disaster losses were 76.9 billion yuan ($10.1 billion) last month, with severe rains, floods, or impacts accounting for 88% of that total.
According to ministry data, it was the most significant loss for July since 2021.
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Natural disasters hit about 26.4 million people in China last month, leaving 328 dead or missing, according to the ministry.
During the month, 1.1 million people moved, 12,000 homes fell, and 157,000 more damaged. Approximately 2.42 million hectares of farmland also impacted.
Extreme rainfall fell across wide regions such as the Sichuan Basin, Yellow River, Huai River, and sections of the North China Plain, shattering precipitation records at 33 meteorological stations in Henan, Hunan, and Shandong provinces.
Swollen main rivers that took longer to drain after flooding increased the impact of the storms, according to the ministry.
More than 1.13 million hectares of central Henan, one of the country’s primary commercial agricultural zones, damaged, with some harvests lost due to saturated fields.
Typhoon Gaemi caused the most impact on Hunan. Thunderstorms, winds, and hail also caused damage to crops and greenhouses in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang.
