Natural disasters kill 53 in Q1
Xinhua,April 10, 2018 Adjust font size:
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Natural disasters killed 53 people in China in the first quarter this year, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Commission for Disaster Reduction said Tuesday.
Natural disasters affected 12.72 million people in total in the first three months, causing 54,000 to be relocated during emergencies and leaving 162,000 in need of emergency relief, the authorities said in a report.
Around 3,000 houses were toppled in the disasters and over 6,000 houses were severely damaged, imposing direct economic losses of 19.67 billion yuan (about 3.1 billion U.S. dollars).
Casualties and losses caused in the first quarter is worse than the same period last year, according to the report.
The report said natural disasters in the first quarter were mainly caused by low temperatures, heavy snow and frost. Enditem