China: Floods "An estimated 255,300 people are reported to be IFRC Information Bulletin No. 1 homeless in China's Hunan province alone as a result of Issued 3 June 2005 severe flooding." GLIDE: FL-2005-000081-CHN

Nei Mongol SITUATION Shijiazhuang Taiyuan Severe flooding destroyed around 30,000 homes and Yinchuan damaged thousands more. Rural farmers in Hunan, Ningxia Hebei Sichuan and Guizhou provinces have seen their crops, Shaanxi Shanxi Hui livestock, homes and belongings washed away by floods Xining Lanzhou triggered by heavy rains which began on Tuesday 31 May. Gansu ACTION Xi'an Luoyang Zhengzhou RCSC branch has distributed quilts, tents and disinfectant to flood victims. The branch is continuing to Henan run further checks on the disaster conditions and death CCHHIINNAA Anhui toll and has requested quilts, rice, tents, clothing and disinfectant from the RCSC’s headquarters-based relief Hubei division in Beijing.

Sichuan Chengdu Dead: 47 Wuhan Map projection: Geographic Missing: 53 Map data source: ESRI. Xizang Dead: 4 Chongqing 590,000 people Code: IFRC Bulletin No. 01/2005 Missing: 5 Chongqing in need of food Hunan Yiyang Nanchang Neighbouring Countries Loudi Changsha Affected Provinces Dead: 17 INDIA Provinces Missing: 4 Xiangxi Huaihua Tujia-Miao Jiangxi Guizhou Worst Affected Prefectures Shaoyang Guiyang Populated Places

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Yunnan Guangxi Zhuang Guangdong Guangzhou Nanning Macau MYANMAR Fangcheng Gang Hong Kong VIETNAM

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