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06 Jul 1999

China
China: NPC Examines Use of Disaster Relief Funds

Report
— Xinhua
BEIJING (July 6) XINHUA - China's top legislative body, the National People's Congress (NPC), today examined last year's use of disaster relief funds and equipment.

In 1998, floods, droughts, earthquakes and other natural disasters hit China at a cost of 300.7 billion yuan (36.3 billion U.S. dollars), and resulted in 5,511 deaths, official figures showed.

In his report to the NPC Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs, the Chinese Minister of Civil Affairs Doje Cering said that the government allocated a total of 8.33 billion yuan

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26 Mar 1998

China
Fifth situation report: snowstorms in Qinghai of the Peoples Republic of China

Report
— Oxfam
26 March 1998 (Oxfam Hong Kong's Reference Code - 980326a)
Update from Oxfam Hong Kong Project Officer in Zaduo County

Weather

Weather has been fine recently with strong wind blowing away large quantity of snow covers on the roads and the mountains. Temperature has been increased, around minus three degrees and minus six degrees. However, new snowstorms are expected to hit most parts of Qinghai Province later this week.

Road Situation

Transportation is still very difficult in the two remote townships in Zaduo County, Danrong and Moyun. On one

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19 Feb 1998

China
Fourth situation report: snowstorms in Qinghai and Tibet of the Peoples Republic of China

Report
— Oxfam
(Oxfam Hong Kong's reference code - 980219a)
Update from Oxfam Hong Kong Project Officer in Zaduo County

Weather

Temperature has been increasing from the beginning of this week, ranging from minus 3c to minus 16c. The new snowstorms predicted by weather officials have not yet arrived in Zaduo County. Strong winds are speeding up the melting of ice and snow on the roads and on the mountains which improved the road situation in some townships.

Road Situation

Since the weather in Zaduo did not deteriorate this week, Oxfam Hong Kong staff and local partners have swiftly started

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13 Feb 1998

China
Third situation report: snowstorms in Qinghai and Tibet of the Peoples Republic of China

Report
— Oxfam
(Oxfam Hong Kong's reference code - 980213a)

Situation

The remoteness of Zaduo, poor road conditions and below zero double digit temperatures make any response difficult and slow. According to the township head of Jieduo, the roads from Zaduo to the eight townships are still dangerous. But if trucks and jeeps move slowly, and with the support of a bulldozer, movement is possible.

Local officials are encouraging herders to help each other by asking those who have more animal dung (for heating and cooking) to share some with poorer neighbors. Some victims
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31 Jan 1998

China
Second situation report: snowstorms in Qinghai

Report
— Oxfam
(Oxfam Hong Kong's reference code - 980131a)

The Disaster

Since late September 1997, early heavy snowstorms have swept Yushu and Guoluo prefectures, located about 700km and 1,000 km of the provincial capital Xining respectively. The disaster has brought heavy losses of livestock on the plateau which is situated at more than 4,000 metres above the sea level. Official reports said more than 300,000 animals (mostly yaks and sheep) have been killed and at least 10,000 herders have been suffering from illness and diseases. More than
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28 Jan 1998

China
China - Snowstorms in Tibet Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: DHAGVA - 98/0146


Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
China - Snowstorms in Tibet
OCHA Situation Report No. 1
28 January 1998



1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Beijing provided the following information on snowstorms in Tibet, based on a report from the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs received on 16 January 1998.

Situation

2. According to reports submitted by the Bureau of Civil Affairs of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), more
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09 Jan 1998

China
First situation report: snowstorms in Qinghai and Tibet of the Peoples Republic of China

Report
— Oxfam
(Oxfam Hong Kong's reference code - 980109a)

INTRODUCTION

Since late September 1997, the snowstorms in Tibet and Qinghai have affected more than 100,000 herders and killed at least 103,400 heads of livestock, according to local officials. At the time of writing this report, Civil Affairs officials said the disasters were 'becoming worse and worse'. More than one million heads of livestock are facing hunger.

The Chinese government had dispatched grain, clothing and fuel to the affected herding communities since last

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