Natural disasters cost China $3.5b in August
Workers clean up at a flood-hit rural hotel, following heavy rains in late July that flooded the village, in Huairou district of Beijing, China, Aug 13, 2025.
PHOTO: Reuters file
PUBLISHED ONSeptember 10, 2025 8:25 AM
BEIJING — Natural disasters in China caused direct economic loss of 19.6 billion yuan (S$3.53 billion) in August, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Wednesday (Sept 10).
Across the country, more than 10 million people were affected by floods, droughts and other disasters last month, while 122 people were killed or went missing, the ministry said.
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