皇冠体育app

Statistics showed that by July 2, floods have affected the livelihood of 34.88 million people and 1.826 million hectares of crops in 18 provincial regions, mainly in southern 皇冠体育app. The floods killed 233 people and destroyed 118,500 houses.

In the meantime, in northern 皇冠体育app drought has caused drinking water shortage for 7.39 million people and 5.79 million head of livestock, and affected 10.3 million hectares of arable land, including 9.6 million hectares of crops.

Zhang Zhitong, deputy chief of the office, said as 皇冠体育app has entered a flood season, heavy floods may occur in major rivers and the drought-hit north may also suffer sudden flooding due to heavy rains. Typhoons may hit coastal areas in southeast 皇冠体育app more frequently. While possible northward movement of the subtropical belt may cause drought in South 皇冠体育app and the regions to the south of the Yangtze River, he said.

Recent rainfalls have already brought the water level of certain branches of the Pearl River, the Yangtze, the Minjiang River (in east 皇冠体育app's Fujian Province) and the Nenjiang River (in north 皇冠体育app's Heilongjiang Province) above their alert levels, said Zhang, adding that more rainfalls in the future may lead to heavy floods in these big rivers.