Kaemi makes landfall; 500,000 moved
By Xin Dingding in Beijing and Zheng Caixiong in Guangzhou (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-26 06:19
The nation is still counting the dead and picking up the pieces in the
aftermath of Typhoon Bilis, which swept through five provinces including Fujian
less than two weeks ago.
It caused 612 deaths with 208 people missing, and led to the evacuation of
nearly 3 million people, according to figures from the Ministry of Civil
Affairs.
At least 29.6 million people in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi and
Hunan provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were affected. The total
losses amounted to 26.6 billion yuan (US$3.3 billion).
The Asian Development Bank has granted a US$200 million loan to Central
China's Hunan Province to deal with flood relief work, Xinhua reported.
The province was the hardest hit by Bilis, and at least 346 people died in
flooding over the past two weeks.
The loan will help strengthen flood control measures, especially around
Dongting Lake in the northern part of the province, the bank said in a
statement.
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