China News Service, Zhengzhou, August 9th (Kan Li) The Henan Provincial Government Information Office reported on the 9th that more than 14.81 million people in Henan suffered from this flood, causing direct economic losses of more than 133.7 billion yuan (RMB, the same below) .

  At the press conference of "Henan Province Speeds up Post-disaster Reconstruction" held that day, Meng Qingyong, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Emergency Management Department, responded to a question from a reporter from China News Agency and said that the huge flood disaster caused heavy losses to Henan. After verification, as of 8 At 7 o'clock on the 9th, the flood disaster caused a total of 14.814 million people in 150 counties (cities, districts) in 1,664 towns and villages in the province, and a total of 933,800 people were evacuated in emergency.

  Meng Qingyong reported that the number of people affected by the disaster was large and widespread. As a major agricultural province, crop losses were severe.

Statistics show that the damaged area of ​​crops was 16.203 million mu, the damaged area was 10.01 million mu, and the area with no harvest was 5.137 million mu.

  In addition, more than 35,000 houses and nearly 100,000 have collapsed due to the disaster, and more than 53,000 houses have been seriously damaged and more than 160,000 houses have been damaged.

According to Meng Qingyong, the direct economic loss caused by the floods reached 133.715 billion yuan.

  Housing security is the basic guarantee for people's lives after the disaster.

Li Yingwei, deputy director of the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said at the press conference that in response to the damage to different levels of houses in various places caused by the flood, a safety emergency assessment has been carried out.

At present, the construction of houses that can be rebuilt or reinforced on the original site has been started one after another.

  According to incomplete statistics, as of August 8, charitable organizations at all levels in Henan and the Red Cross received a total of 8.588 billion yuan in donations.

  According to the latest statistics, Henan Province has provided temporary assistance to 1.869 million people suffering from disasters and issued temporary relief funds of 120 million yuan.

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