Natural disasters across China claimed 141 lives and left another 83 people missing from January to March, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) announced on Monday.
Affecting a total of 52.76 million people, disasters forced the evacuation of 253,000 people and toppled some 34,000 houses, according to a statement jointly released by the MCA, the National Commission for Disaster Reduction and other 10 central government agencies and organizations.
The disasters caused direct economic losses of 23.1 billion yuan ($3.72 billion) and affected more than 5 million hectares of farmland, destroying crops on 350,100 hectares of farmland.
During the period, 11 heavy fogs shrouded 20 municipalities, provinces and autonomous regions. The number of days with heavy fog was the most ever since 1961.
Monday 8 April 2013
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