Beijing Adult Entertainment: Death toll soars to 273 in July floods in China
BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) — Rain-triggered floods left 273 people dead and 218 missing since rainstorms struck south China on July 1, latest figures from the Ministry of Civil Affairs show; up from the 146 deaths reported on July 16.
As of 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, about 58 million people in 11 provinces and Chongqing Municipality had been affected by the floods, with 3 million being evacuated and resettled, according to a statement released Wednesday by the ministry.
A total of 330,000 homes and some 4 million hectares of crops have also been destroyed.
Also, economic losses were estimated at about 58.27 billion yuan (8.53 billion U.S. dollars), the statement said.
Additionally on Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Civil Affairs earmarked 329 million yuan for disaster relief in the flood-hit provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi and Hubei and the municipality of Chongqing.
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