RSOE Emergency and Disaster Information Service

2010-03-09 10:54:41 - Hailstorm - China

EDIS CODE: HS-20100309-25252-CHN
Date & Time: 2010-03-09 10:54:41 [UTC]
Area: China, Province of Fujian, Fujian-wide,

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Number of death person(s): 2
Number of Injured person(s): 51
Damage level: Serious (Level 4)
Affected person(s): 300000

Not confirmed information!

Description:

Hail and heavy rains in the north of east China's Fujian Province from Friday to Monday affected more than 300,000 people and more than 15,000 hectares of crops, local government sources said Tuesday. The extreme weather has killed two people and injured 51. One town with a history of 1,000 years reported damage to its ancient structures. According to local government sources, the hail and heavy rain affected 227,100 people and 12,000 hectares of farmland in Nanping city, with 99,300 buildings damaged and 54 destroyed. Direct economic losses were estimated at 340 million yuan (49.85 million U.S. dollars). In Sanming city, 74,700 people and 3,118 hectares of crops suffered, 93 buildings were destroyed and 43,900 damaged, involving 197 million yuan in direct economic losses. Shaowu, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Nanping, was one of the worst affected. Nie Zhicheng, a duck farmer at Chayuan village in Shaowu, said Tuesday that large hail stones Friday killed more than 1,000 of his ducks and caused losses of 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. Hail stones also left holes in the 3,000 square meters of roofs at a soybean processing plant of Hongye Food Co., Ltd., in Heping Town of Shaowu, causing at least 1 million yuan in direct economic losses.

Posted:2010-03-09 10:54:41 [UTC]