UNDRO 92/0398
CHINA - HAILSTORMS IN HUNAN AND SICHUAN PROVINCES
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
15 MAY 1992

1. HUNAN AND SICHUAN PROVINCES WERE AFFECTED BY RAIN AND HAILSTORMS BETWEEN 18 AND 21 APRIL. ACCORDING TO CHINESE AUTHORITIES, THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS CAUSED IN THE STORMS: DEATHS: 109, POPULATION AFFECTED: 7.7 MILLION, ROOMS COLLAPSED: MORE THAN 60,000, DAMAGED CROPS: 390 THOUSAND HECTARES OF WHICH 10,000 YIELDLESS IN SICHUAN PROVINCE. DIRECT ECONOMIC LOSSES ESTIMATED TO 530 MILLION YUAN (USD 96 MILLION).

2. NATIONAL AUTHORITIES LAUNCHED RELIEF OPERATION TO ALLEVIATE EFFECTS OF EMERGENCY AND ALSO ALLOCATED 4 MILLION YUANS (USD 0.7 MILLION) TO DISASTER AFFECTED AREAS. CHINA HAS NOT REQUESTED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE IN RELIEF EFFORTS.

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