Natural Disasters In China

China suffered direct economic losses of $42 billion over the first nine months of 2023, the government said, from natural disasters such as torrential rains, deadly landslides, freakish hailstorms and a string of typhoons.

Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and "multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rain in parts of the country led to thousands being evacuated.

China's direct economic losses from natural disasters amounted to 88.81 billion yuan, about USD 13.13 billion, in the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Thursday.

More than five million people were internally displaced in India due to natural disasters, conflict and violence in 2019, constituting the highest number of new internal displacements in the world during the period followed by the Philippines, Bangladesh and China, according to a UN report.

India suffered a whopping $79.5 billion economic loss due to climate-related disasters in the last 20 years, according to a UN report which highlights the impact of extreme weather events on the global economy. The economies of US, China, Japan, India and Puerto Rico have been the worst affected, the report added.

A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest natural disaster to hit the country, according to the local government.

Over 600 people were killed in China last month due to floods, typhoons and a range of geological disasters which also caused an economic loss of USD 35 billion, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said today.

Natural disasters in China have killed at least 1,074 people and left 270 missing since the beginning of this year, including this weeks heavy rains, an official said today.

A landslide collapsed and buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen today, leaving 22 people missing, authorities said.

International aid poured into Myanmar today following weeks of heavy monsoon flooding that aid agencies say is set to extend further across the low-lying southern delta region.

A small and fast-moving tornado hit the area where a Chinese cruise ship capsized leaving more than 400 missing, weather officials said, possibly shedding light on the disaster's cause.

Natural disasters including droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China 421 billion yuan in 2013, official data showed on Monday, nearly double the total in the previous year.

The Philippine economy was one of the fastest-growing in Asia last year after shrugging off devastating natural disasters and expanding at a "remarkable" pace in the final quarter, the government said on Thursday.

At least 24 people were killed and 37 others went missing in China after a hail storm followed by torrential rains battered a mountainous northwest region, state-run media reported.The natural disaster has affected 36,000 people in Minxian county, Gansu province, forcing the area to be evacuated of 2,183 local residents.

Flooding killed four people and forced the evacuation of 94,000 in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said on Sunday. Rain continued to fall on Sunday in the region, which borders North Korea, but the official Xinhua News Agency reported that water levels along the Ya...

China suffered direct economic losses of $42 billion over the first nine months of 2023, the government said, from natural disasters such as torrential rains, deadly landslides, freakish hailstorms and a string of typhoons.

Chinese authorities have warned of extreme weather and "multiple natural disasters" in the coming month, as heavy rain in parts of the country led to thousands being evacuated.

China's direct economic losses from natural disasters amounted to 88.81 billion yuan, about USD 13.13 billion, in the first half of 2022, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Thursday.

More than five million people were internally displaced in India due to natural disasters, conflict and violence in 2019, constituting the highest number of new internal displacements in the world during the period followed by the Philippines, Bangladesh and China, according to a UN report.

India suffered a whopping $79.5 billion economic loss due to climate-related disasters in the last 20 years, according to a UN report which highlights the impact of extreme weather events on the global economy. The economies of US, China, Japan, India and Puerto Rico have been the worst affected, the report added.

A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest natural disaster to hit the country, according to the local government.

Over 600 people were killed in China last month due to floods, typhoons and a range of geological disasters which also caused an economic loss of USD 35 billion, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said today.

Natural disasters in China have killed at least 1,074 people and left 270 missing since the beginning of this year, including this weeks heavy rains, an official said today.

A landslide collapsed and buried buildings at and around an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen today, leaving 22 people missing, authorities said.

International aid poured into Myanmar today following weeks of heavy monsoon flooding that aid agencies say is set to extend further across the low-lying southern delta region.

A small and fast-moving tornado hit the area where a Chinese cruise ship capsized leaving more than 400 missing, weather officials said, possibly shedding light on the disaster's cause.

Natural disasters including droughts, floods and earthquakes cost China 421 billion yuan in 2013, official data showed on Monday, nearly double the total in the previous year.

The Philippine economy was one of the fastest-growing in Asia last year after shrugging off devastating natural disasters and expanding at a "remarkable" pace in the final quarter, the government said on Thursday.

At least 24 people were killed and 37 others went missing in China after a hail storm followed by torrential rains battered a mountainous northwest region, state-run media reported.The natural disaster has affected 36,000 people in Minxian county, Gansu province, forcing the area to be evacuated of 2,183 local residents.

Flooding killed four people and forced the evacuation of 94,000 in the north China port city of Dandong after heavy rains caused the Yalu river to breach its banks, state media said on Sunday. Rain continued to fall on Sunday in the region, which borders North Korea, but the official Xinhua News Agency reported that water levels along the Ya...