Beijing, October 10 (ZXS) -- The reporter learned from China's Ministry of Emergency Management on the 8th that in the first three quarters of 8, China's various natural disasters caused 2023.8911 million disasters, and 8 people died and disappeared.
Recently, the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with relevant departments, conducted a consultation and analysis of the national natural disaster situation in the first three quarters of 2023. In the first three quarters, various natural disasters in China caused a total of 8911.8 million people affected to varying degrees, 499 people died and disappeared, 275.1 million people were urgently evacuated and resettled, 11,8 houses collapsed, 42,2 were seriously damaged, 9714,8.3082 thousand hectares of crops were affected, and direct economic losses were 9.<> billion yuan (RMB, the same below).
Compared with the same period in the past five years, the disaster situation in North China, Northeast China and other places is heavier.
In the first three quarters of this year (the following are the same time periods), China experienced a total of 35 regional heavy rainfall processes, with a cumulative surface rainfall of 534 mm, 5% less than the same period of the year, and the distribution of precipitation was uneven in time and space. North China and Northeast China experienced extremely heavy rainfall, and local flash floods and geological disasters were sudden. The total runoff of major rivers in the country is less than the same period of the year, and the Songhua River and Liao River are two to three percent more. Overall, floods and geological disasters caused a total of 5190.4 million people affected to varying degrees, 405 people died and disappeared, 11,2 houses collapsed, and direct economic losses amounted to 2393.<> billion yuan.
The southwest region suffered from continuous drought in winter and spring, and the north and northwest regions experienced periodic drought. The drought disaster caused 2012.2 million people to be affected to varying degrees, the affected area of crops was 3186.8 thousand hectares, and the direct economic loss was 197.1 billion yuan.
A total of 14 typhoons formed in the Northwest Pacific and South China Sea, less than the multi-year average, of which 4 made landfall in China. The typhoon disaster caused a total of 807.8 million people to be affected, 8 people died and disappeared, and the direct economic loss was 324.8 billion yuan, and Fujian and Guangdong provinces were relatively severely affected.
A total of 33 strong convective weather processes occurred across the country, and the hailstorm disaster caused a total of 577.3 million people affected to varying degrees, 53 people died due to the disaster, the area of crops affected was 1136.4 thousand hectares, and the direct economic loss was 113.4 billion yuan.
China suffered a total of 8 cold air processes, which was more than the average of the same period of the year. A total of 302.8 million people were affected by the cryogenic freezing and snow disasters, 30 people died due to the disaster, the area of crops affected was 506.1 thousand hectares, and the direct economic loss was 45.1 billion yuan.
A total of 4 earthquakes of magnitude 59 or higher occurred in the Chinese mainland, the number of moderate and strong earthquakes decreased significantly, and the disaster losses were lighter than the same period of previous years, causing a total of 2,1 house damage and direct economic losses of 6 million yuan.
A total of 308 forest fires occurred nationwide, with 5 casualties (including 2 deaths). The total number of forest fires is at an all-time low, 192 fewer than in the same period last year. (End)