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International Federation of Red Cross Report 1999/08/04
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60 million people are affected. It has left 240 people dead and over 24,000 injured. In addition, over 1.8 million people have had to be evacuated to safer areas.
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An estimated 482,000 rooms have collapsed.
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The combined effect of food, sanitation materials and water purification tablets had a major impact on reducing morbidity and mortality during previous floods.
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Agence France-Presse (AFP) 1999/07/15
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In nearby Qinghai province, 27 people died and 100,000 were made homeless during flooding in June.
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Some 3.9 million dollars in direct economic losses were incurred in just one day, while 13,000 head of livestock and poultry perished.
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Summer floods kill 240:DPA 1999/07/14
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Some 1.8 million people had been evacuated and more than 3,000 people were reported injured after structures collapsed.
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The deluge had affected 3.5 million hectares of cultivated land and destroyed 660,000 hectares of crops.
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Floods kill 31 people in Southwest China province:Xinhua (1999/07/26)
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Foods and landslides in neighboring Sichuan Province have killed 26 people since July and have affected the lives of 1.79 million others.
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The heavy rains that have hit Yunnan Province have affected some 26,700 ha. of farmland and disrupted water and electricity supplies and telecommunications in some counties.
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Xinhua (1999/07/16)Flood ravages central China province
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The floods affected 10 million people.
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The floods toppled over 70,000 residential houses, destroyed over 72,000 ha of farmland, and caused direct economic losses totaling 3.1 billion yuan.
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IFRC (1999/07/13) China Floods Information Bulletin No. 1
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The torrential rainfall has affected some 59.4 million people and killed 240 people. A further 3,055 are reported to have been injured. In addition, 1.84 million people have had to be evacuated to safer areas.
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An estimated 482,000 rooms have collapsed and 1.67 million have been severely damaged. In terms of agricultural losses, the flooding has affected some 3.5 million hectares of cultivated land. Of this, a total 660,000 hectares of crops have been completely lost.
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Agence France-Presse (1999/07/12) Central China floods inflict multi-million dollar damage in month
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A total of 240 people had died in flooding by last week.
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Floods inundated 1.13 million hectares of farmland, causing a grain output loss of 880,000 tonnes, while more than 2,000 companies were forced to halt or limit production.
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The inundation damaged nearly 100,000 houses and toppled 34,000, adding that 5,200 head of livestock had perished.
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Agence France-Presse (1999/07/09) East recovers from torrential rains as flood peaks in central China
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Flooded fields spread lake-like into the distance with only the tops of telephone poles and half-merged homes betraying the disaster.
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China - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1 (1999/07/07)
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The floods affected 59.396 million people and killed 240 persons. 1.84 million people have been evacuated.
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482,000 housing units collapsed and 1.67 million have been severely damaged. In total, 35 million hectares of cultivated land have been affected and 660,000 thousand hectares of crops were lost. The direct economic losses are estimated at approximately USD 2.22 billion.
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Agence France-Presse (1999/07/06) Yangtze floods kill 240, destroy 480,000 homes
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A total of 480,000 homes had been washed away, while another 1.67 million had sustained heavy damage. Some 1.84 million people have been evacuated from affected areas
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660,000 hectares (1.6 million acres) of crops were destroyed.
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Agence France-Presse (1999/06/30) At least two dead, 100,000 trapped by floods in central China
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More than 1,800 buildings collapsed in Xianning city in Hubei province as floods hit after a week-long deluge, causing losses of 48.4 million US dollars. Landslides hit the Xianning stretch of the railway linking Beijing.
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