Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disaster

(1,000 ha)

Year/Region Areas covered Areas affected % of disaster areas affected to areas covered Areas covered with flood Areas affected with flood Areas covered with drought Areas affected with drought    
1991 55470 27810 50.1 24600 14610 24910 10560    
1992 51330 25900 50.4 9420 4460 32980 17050    
1993 48830 23130 47.4 16390 8610 21100 8660    
1994 55040 31380 57 17330 10740 30430 17050    
1995 45821 22267 48.6 12731 7630 23455 10401    
1996 46980 21230 45.2 18150 10850 20150 6250    
1997 53430 30310 56.7 11410 5840 33510 20250    
Regional statistics of 1996                  
Anhui 3024.3 754.7 25 1838.7 520 1066.7 166.7    
Beijing 137.7 60.3 43.8 31 19 92 31.3    
Fujian 718.7 350.7 48.8     96 23.3    
Gansu 1103.3 550.3 49.9 302 97 604 313.3    
Guangdong 1491.7 452 30.3 202 102 366.7 36.7    
Guangxi 1943.3 911 46.9 1060.7 623.3 444 173.3    
Guizhou 1201.2 740.7 61.7 666.5 453.3 148 53.3    
Hainan 578.7 269.7 46.6     120.7 16.7    
Hebei 3373.1 1880.9 55.8 1544.4 1176.9 1426.7 500    
Heilongjiang 3216.3 997 28.9 384 162 2531 580    
Henan 3896.7 1599.3 41 1413.3 709.3 2055.3 593.3    
Hubei 3149.7 1872 59.4 2120 1534 236.7 80.7    
Hunan 2861.7 178431 62.3 2371 1571 374.7 84.7    
Inner Mongolia 1968.7 795 30.2 190 147 1533.3 464    
Jiangsu 1613.7 395.5 24.5 745 265.5 624.7 29.3    
Jiangxi 1023.7 655.7 64.1 649 482 133.3 14    
Jilin 989.6 614 55.3 142.9 102.7 808.7 482    
Liaoning 1009.5 586 51.5 145.5 114.9 800 422    
Ningxia 131.3 76.3 58.1 52.3 26 56 37    
Qinghai 155 68.1 44 58 41.8 68 16    
Shaanxi 1862.4 863 45.4 495.7 333 1200 443.3    
Shandong 4167.7 1463.7 3501 1107 685 2388 682.7    
Shanghai 42.5 5.3 12.5 42.5          
Shanxi 1667.3 951 57 613.3 474 800 387    
Sichuan 2557.3 876 37.2 912 521 1200 264    
Tianjin 334.3 140 176.5 124   183.3      
Tibet 18 15.7 87.4 6 2.7 12      
Xinjiang 436 300.7 69 156 120 57 16.7    
Yunnan 1507.7 581.3 45.2 441 242.9 553.3 129.3    
Zhejiang 807.7 413.3 51.2 332 244.7 170.7 56.7    


Last Updated on 10/8/98
By China Data Center