Floods affect 5,213,000 people in Jiangxi, cause losses of 6.49 billion yuan

A total of 5,213,000 people in Jiangxi Province have been affected by flooding, with 432,000 people urgently relocated and 167,000 others in need of emergency living assistance as of Saturday, according to the local emergency management department.

Meanwhile, a total of 455.7 thousand hectares of crops were affected, and a total of 75,000 hectares of crops were not harvested. 998 houses were destroyed, and the direct economic losses caused by floods have so far risen to 6.49 billion yuan (927 million U.S. dollars).