Natural disasters cost China $2.8 billion in August
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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, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
BEIJING (Reuters) -Natural disasters in China caused direct economic loss of 19.6 billion yuan ($2.75 billion) in August, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Wednesday.
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.
($1 = 7.1210 Chinese yuan renminbi)
(Reporting by Ethan Wang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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