China’s Historic Flood Season, in Numbers and Photos
After a deadly coronavirus outbreak that peaked in China earlier this year, the country is now experiencing its worst floods in decades. In June and July, nearly all of China’s provincial-level regions reported flooding, with Hubei — the center of the coronavirus outbreak — now among the hardest-hit areas.
Here are some of the key numbers summarizing the devastation from this year’s historic flood season:
rivers whose water levels reached record highs
people evacuated from their homes since July
total population affected since July
in disaster-relief subsidies disbursed by the central government
worth of direct economic losses from the floods since July
national emergency responses issued this flood season
Editors: Ding Yining and David Paulk.
(Header image: Residents look out over a river in Poyang County, Jiangxi province, July 15, 2020. Wu Huiyuan/Sixth Tone)