Floods affect over 2.15 million people in Anhui, cause losses of 9.02 billion yuan

A total of 2.157 million people in Anhui Province have been affected by flooding, with 385,000 people urgently relocated and another 197,000 in need of emergency living assistance as of Sunday, according to the local emergency management department.

Meanwhile, a total of 208.7 thousand hectares of crops were affected, and 849 houses destroyed. The direct economic losses caused by floods have so far risen to 9.02 billion yuan (1.29 billion U.S. dollars).

The water level of the section of the Yangtze River stretching from the Huikou Station in the province has reached 22.29 meters, 2.49 meters above the warning line.