įrom July 18 to 20, continuous downpours in China's Hebei Province and across usually dry regions, including the capital of Beijing, caused flash floods in mountains and serious waterlogging in some cities. Īt an economic cost of $22 billion, it is the fifth most expensive weather-related natural disaster on record outside of the US, according to the International Disaster database. On July 14, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters reported that, since early summer, the storms and floods had killed 237 people, left 93 people missing and caused at least $22 billion in damage. On July 9, Typhoon Nepartak made landfall in the already saturated Fujian Province, claiming 21 lives and leaving 13 missing. In the Hubei Province, 1.5 million people were evacuated or in need of aid, almost 9,000 houses collapsed or were seriously damaged and more than 710,000 hectares of crops were affected, the provincial civil affairs department said. With these losses, China's deadly floods became the world's most expensive and the second deadliest weather-related disaster so far in 2016. ĭuring the first week of July, torrential monsoon rains along a stalled frontal boundary near the Yangtze River killed 186 people, left 45 people missing, and caused at least $7.6 billion in damage.
China's Ministry of Civil Affairs, reported on July 26 įrom June 14 through June 20, heavy rainfall and flooding in eight provinces in southeast China claimed 36 lives, displaced 200,000 people and caused an estimated $1.1 billion (7.34 billion yuan) in damages. In all, 833 people have died in weather-related disasters since June, with 270 missing. Total weather-related losses for the entire year have reached $44.63 billion (298 billion yuan), with about 400,000 houses destroyed and 6.24 million residents displaced. China's historic floods are among the Earth's most costly weather-related disasters
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