The number of people affected by floods and floods in the south exceeds 12 million

　　China News Agency, Beijing, June 28 (Reporter Chen Su) A reporter learned from the Chinese Ministry of Emergency Management on the 28th that floods in the south have caused more than 12 million disasters.

　　Since June, there have been multiple rounds of heavy rainfall in many places in southern China, with heavy rains and floods, geological disasters in many areas and extensive losses. Statistics show that since June, flood disasters in the southern region have caused 12.16 million disasters in Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), 78 deaths and missing, 729,000 emergency transfers; more than 8,000 houses It collapsed and 97,000 rooms were damaged to varying degrees; the direct economic loss was 25.7 billion yuan (RMB, the same below).

　　According to China's Ministry of Water Resources, a recent round of heavy rainfall has caused floods above 13 levels in 13 rivers in Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi, Guangdong, Anhui, and Zhejiang.

　　On the 28th, the National Disaster Reduction Committee and the Emergency Management Department of the People's Republic of China launched a national level IV emergency response to Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces due to severe heavy rains and floods recently. jobs.

　　Recently, in the face of severe floods and disasters, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the Ministry of Finance, allocated 200 million yuan in central flood control and drought relief subsidies to Guizhou, Guangxi, and Guangdong provinces, and the State Food and Material Reserve Bureau to transfer tents and folds to Guangxi Bed and other central relief materials. Recently, three more working groups have been dispatched to Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and other key areas to guide the flood control and relief work.

　　The Central Meteorological Observatory predicts that in the next three days, there will still be heavy rainfall in eastern Jianghan, Huanghuai, Jianghuai, and northern Jiangnan, and there will be more convective weather in eastern northwest and northern China. (Finish)