80m yuan to aid provinces in flood

By LI LEI in Beijing and SUN RUISHENG in Taiyuan | CHINA DAILY/Xinhua | Updated: 2021-10-12 09:07
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Firefighters work to expand a flood discharge outlet in Jiexiu, Shanxi province, on Sunday, after the city's section of the Fenhe River burst its banks, affecting residential areas and farmland. A total of 1.75 million residents in the province have been affected by flooding and other rain-related disasters. [Photo/China Daily]

The finance and emergency management ministries on Monday earmarked 80 million yuan ($12.4 million) to aid disaster relief in flood-ravaged parts of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces.

China's top disaster relief authorities on Sunday activated the lowest level of emergency response after persistent rains pounded large parts of Shanxi, a coal producer and a major grain growing area, over the National Day holiday.

The damage in Shaanxi was mostly confined to Weinan, a city of 5 million people on the border with Shanxi.

Authorities in Shanxi said 1.75 million residents have been affected by flooding and other rain-induced disasters and 121,000 people have been evacuated.

The rain has also caused the collapse of about 17,000 homes and varying degrees of damage to 190,000 hectares of autumn grain crops.

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