The overall situation of natural disasters in China remained stable in the first half of this year, and the losses were significantly lighter than the same period in previous years
CCTV News: The Ministry of Emergency Management announced today that in the first half of 2023, China's natural disaster situation remained generally stable, with floods, hail, drought, low temperature freezing, and snow disasters as the main causes. Earthquakes, geological disasters, sandstorms, and forest and grassland fires also occurred to varying degrees. Various natural disasters have caused a total of 48.764 million people to be affected to varying degrees, with 95 deaths and missing due to the disaster, and 113000 people being urgently relocated and resettled.
It is reported that in the first half of the year, the natural disaster situation in China was generally stable, and the disaster losses were significantly lighter than the same period in previous years. Continuous drought in winter and spring has occurred in the southwest region, while summer drought has emerged and developed in the north region. The drought situation in Yunnan is relatively severe. High temperatures in multiple areas have exceeded historical extremes, causing adverse effects on crop growth, electricity supply, forest fire prevention, and more. Floods and geological disasters have occurred in some southern regions, and the intensity of dragon boat water in South China is relatively weak; Wind and hail disasters have a wide range of locations and frequent occurrences of sand and dust. A total of 19 severe convective weather processes occurred nationwide, with nearly 800 counties affected by wind and hail disasters; The northwest and southwest bureaus suffered from low temperature freezing and snow disasters, and a major avalanche disaster occurred in Nyingchi, Xizang. After the flood season, the impact of disasters such as floods, wind and hail expands, and the losses of disasters significantly increase. Henan, Yunnan, Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other areas have been severely affected by the disaster.
Overall, in the first half of the year, floods caused 30.991 million people to be affected to varying degrees, with a total affected area of 2454500 hectares of crops and a direct economic loss of 21.04 billion yuan. In terms of forest and grassland fires, a total of 240 forest fires have occurred, with the total number of fires at a historical low. Fire outbreaks are frequent in southern and southwestern regions; A total of 14 grassland fires occurred nationwide, mainly in Inner Mongolia.
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In addition, 665 geological disasters such as collapses, landslides, and mudslides have occurred nationwide, mainly concentrated in central and southern regions, as well as southwestern regions.