This report covers the period 1 January to 31 December 2012

Overview

The IFRC’s East Asia regional delegation (EARD) serves to support and build capacities within the national societies (NSs) of the East Asia region. The region includes China, Mongolia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, and Japan. The IFRC supports all five national Red Cross Societies in the region and additionally has long-term planning frameworks specifically for the NSs in China, Mongolia, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Source:China Meteorological News Press

Recently many departments included Ministry of Civil Affair and General Office of National Committee for Disaster Reduction organized meetings to analyze the conditions of natural disasters of China in 2012.

HAIKOU, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Son-Tinh, the 23rd typhoon of the year, has killed one person and left another six missing in south China's Hainan Province, as well as affected over 1.26 million others, local authorities said Thursday.

Rainstorms and heavy winds have forced 52,000 people to relocate thus far, according to the provincial civil affairs bureau.

The wind and rain have damaged 44,700 hectares of farmland and 1,320 houses, as well as caused direct economic losses of 990 million yuan (158.69 million U.S. dollars), the bureau said.

BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Son-Tinh has left one person dead and another five missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.

The typhoon has also forced around 126,000 people to be relocated in south China's Hainan Province as of 5 p.m. Monday.

Son-Tinh has affected around 1.26 million residents in the province's 11 county-level regions, the ministry said.

Situation Update Since May 2012, China has been successively affected by typhoons and torrential rain, more than 10 provinces were affected by floods with different extent. In August, the flooding situation was further escalated by typhoons and heavy rain; in which, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Anhui, and Zhejiang were severely hit.

At 5:15 today, the 14th typhoon Tembin located at Mudan Township, Pingtung County of Taiwan Province. The number of typhoons landing in China in August has exceeded historical extremes so far. Qian Chuanhai, Director of the typhoon and ocean forecast center of CMA, said since the flood season this year, the number of typhoons landing in China is more than normal years. The landing phase is more concentrated and has affected a wider range of areas. Compared to the same period in history, it breaks a number of records.

BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- An emergency response plan to cope with two approaching typhoons was launched by the National Commission for Disaster Reduction (NCDR) on Wednesday.

The NCDR has urged civil affairs offices in coastal provinces and the three central provinces of Henan, Hubei and Hunan to prepare for typhoons Tembin and Bolaven. Disaster relief material reserve agencies in eight major cities in coastal and central China have also been told to prepare.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Typhoon Kai-Tak left two people dead, two missing and forced 530,000 people to be relocated.

• The deaths and missing persons were all reported in the severely-hit Guangxi.

• The typhoon destroyed about 4,200 houses, damaged another 17,300 in Guangdong and Guangxi.

BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Kai-Tak left two people dead, two missing and forced 530,000 people to be relocated as of noon on Sunday, according to official figures.

NANNING, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Kai-Tak had affected more than 1.26 million people in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leaving one dead and two missing, local authorities said Saturday.

As of 4:30 p.m., 1.2615 millon people had been reported affected in 26 counties of six cities, and 68,600 people had been relocated to safe places, said an official of the regional civil affairs bureau.