July natural catastrophes killed or disappeared 147 people in China
In recent months, China has been hard-hit by extreme weather, which has ranged from heatwaves that have broken records to fatal downpour.
BEIJING: China reported on Friday that 147 people died or went missing in natural disasters in July. This comes after the nation’s capital was rocked by the worst rains on record at the end of the month.
China has recently seen severe weather, from catastrophic rainstorms to heatwaves that broke records.
The torrential rain brought on by Storm Doksuri, which made landfall in mainland China as a typhoon last Friday before turning north, is the worst to be recorded in records going back 140 years.
According to China’s Ministry of Emergency Management, geological catastrophes or flooding were to blame for 142 of the deaths or disappearances that were reported in July.
Five more people perished or went missing as a result of other natural disasters, such drought.
Over 7 million times, people were adversely affected to varied degrees by floods and other geological disasters.
According to the press statement, more than 2,300 homes were destroyed, resulting in direct economic damages of 15.8 billion yuan (US$2.2 billion).
At least 20 people died as a result of the floods in Beijing and the nearby provinces, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Rain has flooded rural and suburban communities in that region, leaving a trail of muddy debris in its wake.
Dramatic aerial photos shot by AFP of Zhuozhou city in Hebei province showed commercial streets turned into rivers of brown water, while other images showed nearby farms entirely inundated and kilometres of floodwater.
According to AFP, rescuers transported instant noodles, bread, and water to families who were unable or unable to leave their submerged homes using boats.
Former super typhoon Storm Doksuri, which last week tore across the Philippines, then moved northward over China after making landfall in southern Fujian province.
Last Saturday, the normally dry nation’s capital and surrounding areas were pummelling by heavy rains.
The amount of rain that was recorded in just 40 hours was almost as much as the monthly average for July.
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