According to a recent report by China’s National Disaster Reduction Office and Ministry of Civil Affairs, floods have affected over 77 million people in the country so far this year.
The report takes into consideration all natural disasters that have affected the country and includes information and data from all related ministries and authorities.
The report claims that over 254 million people have been affected by a natural disaster of some form since the beginning of 2014. As many as 1,536 people have lost their lives as a result of natural disasters. This year has been particularly bad for earthquakes, with at least 15 serious quakes in the first three quarters of this year. By far the worst was the earthquake that struck in Ludian in August 2014.
So far however, flooding in China during 2014 has proved to be less severe than previous years, according to the report. Between January and October 2014, as many as 712 people were killed as a result of floods. Over 3.6 million people were forced to evacuated and 249,000 houses destroyed.
Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan were the regions worst affected by flooding in 2014 so far.
