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Weekly Watch> WEEKLY WATCH NO. 42, 2011> SOCIETY
UPDATED: October 14, 2011 NO. 42 OCTOBER 20, 2011
Disaster Loss
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Natural disasters have left 1,074 people dead or missing in China over the past nine months, according to a joint statement issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MOCA) and the National Disaster Reduction Commission (NDRC).

Between January and September, natural disasters affected 480 million people nationwide, resulting in the evacuation or relocation of 9.12 million people, the statement said.

The disasters also incurred a total of 302.8 billion yuan ($47.7 billion) in direct economic losses.

To deal with the disasters, the MOCA and the NDRC initiated level IV emergency response plans 29 times and level III plans twice over the course of the year, the statement said.



 
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