Natural disasters kill 302 people in July in China

Natural disasters in July killed 302 people in China, with 64 still missing and over 80 million affected, the Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) said Saturday on its website.

More than 2 million people were relocated after natural disasters, and 781,000 people need emergent living assistance, the MCA said.

Natural disasters happened in China in July are mainly typhoons, floods and drought. Hails, earthquakes, mountain collapses, landslides, fires in forests and prairie, and storm tides also occurred during the month.

Over 107,000 buildings collapsed due to natural disasters, and 8.653 million hectares crops were affected, including 943,100 hectares completely destroyed, with direct economic losses of 100.6 billion yuan (16.34 billion U.S. dollars), the MCA said.