China | 12 deaths and 144 million material losses due to flooding in a number of provinces

Arab Weather - Since last Tuesday, a number of Chinese provinces have been experiencing devastating floods; Due to the heavy rain that caused the water level to rise; What led to the evacuation of houses and material losses and lives

Floods claim 12 lives in southern China

Heavy rains have killed at least 12 people in southwest China's Sichuan Province, at least 10 people have been lost, and more than 7,000 people have evacuated their homes, according to the New China News Agency.

South China has been experiencing heavy rains which have led to landslides and floods since the beginning of last June

Financial and economic damage of $ 144 million

The floods severely damaged $ 144 million in the eastern provinces of Jiangxi and Ankhui, and affected 526,000 people in 45 provinces and cities.

The floods destroyed 38,300 hectares of agricultural crops, destroyed 61 houses, and severely damaged 100 houses, causing initial direct economic losses of 1.2 billion yuan (about 144 million US dollars), and heavy rains began to weaken, according to the latest weather forecasts.