1-9月自然災害造成9494萬人次受災

Natural disasters affected about 94.94 million people in China over the first three quarters of this year, with 792 dead or missing, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Sunday.

應急管理部10月10日表示，今年前三季度，各種自然災害共造成全國9494萬人次受災，792人死亡失蹤。

About 5.26 million people were relocated to safe places during the period. Natural disasters caused direct economic losses of 286.4 billion yuan in the Jan-Sept period.

526萬人次緊急轉移安置。直接經(jīng)濟損失2864億元。

China experienced extremely heavy rainfall 39 times in the first three quarters, leading to floods and road waterlogging, especially in the provinces of Henan and Shaanxi.

前三季度，我國共發(fā)生39次強降雨過程，在河南和陜西等省引發(fā)嚴重洪水、內澇等。

Earthquakes, typhoons, droughts, snow disasters and forest fires also caused damage.

地震、臺風、干旱、雪災和森林火災也有不同程度發(fā)生。

However, the overall impact of natural disasters over the past nine months was smaller than the same period over the past five years, with affected populations and direct economic losses down 31 and 14 percent, respectively.

但與近5年同期均值相比，前三季度全國災情相對偏輕，受災人數(shù)和直接經(jīng)濟損失分別減少31%和14%。