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China:Flood:2002/06/10
Duration 2002/06/10 Floods in China kill 14 and leave over 100 missing Country or District China Name Flood
Headline(Source, Date) Personal Injury Material Damage Others OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/07/02 Dead: 471 people
Affected: 54 million peopleCollapsed: 430,000 housing units
Damaged: 1,230,000 housing units
Affected: 1.61 million hectares of crops
Lost: 0.26 million hectares of crops
Direct economic loss is CNY 17.9 billion (USD 2.2 billion)OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/06/24 Dead: 453 people
Affected: 37.85 millions peopleDamaged: 1,167 thousands houses
Destroyed: 448.4 thousands housesDamaged Crop: 1,470 thousand hectares
Lost Crop: 350 thousand hectares
Direct economic loss: 2.02 billions USDOCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/06/12 Dead: 205 people 317,000 housing units collapsed or damaged.
2.6 million hectares of crops damaged; 0.8 million hectares of crops totally lost.Large number of animals killed. BBC news 2002/06/12 Dead: at least 179 people
Missing: hundreds more
(in north-western China)Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/11 Dead: at least 60 people
Missing: more than 100 people
Homeless: 4,000 peopleInundated: 1,400 homes
Destroyed: more than 1,200 acres (cropland in the wheat growing area)
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- OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/07/02
54 million people affected; 471 dead- OCHA Situation Report No.2 2002/06/24
37.85 million people affected; 453 dead
- CNN news 2002/06/27
More rain adds to China flood crisis- yahoo!news 2002/06/25
Red Cross appeals for funds to help flood victims
- yahoo! news 2002/06/25
Red Cross appeals for funds to help flood victims
- CNN news 2002/06/25
China floods death toll reaches 750- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society
Information Bulletin No. 4- BBC news 2002/06/18
The death toll from severe flooding in China may have risen to more than 500.- reuters news 2002/06/18
China Fears Flood Toll Tops 500, More Rain to Come- OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/06/12
205 people dead- BBC news 2002/06/13
More rain forecast for flood-hit China
- CNN news 2002/06/13
Millions hit by China flooding
- XINHUA NEWS AGENCYˇˇ 2002/06/12
Floods kill 205 persons, affect 30 million in China- BBC news 2002/06/12
At least 179 people are dead, and hundreds more are missing- MSN Japan news 2002/06/12
China Flood Toll neary 180- Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/12
China flood toll at least 179, thousands homeless
- Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/11
At least 60 dead, 4,000 homeless in China floods
- Reuters news 2002/06/11
China Flood Toll Rises to at Least 38- CNN news 2002/06/10
The storm 9 June also knocked out power to areas near the city of Xi'an.- BBC news 2002/06/11
At least 60 people are reported to have been killed, thousands have been made homeless.- Yahoo asia News 2002/06/10
Floods in central and western China have killed at least 14 people and left more than 100 missing.Geographycal Data Information
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