In May and June, floods occurred in 8 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and severe droughts occurred in 5 provinces and autonomous regions. According to preliminary statistics at that time, there were more than 48 million people affected by the disaster in Anhui Province, with 267 deaths and direct economic losses of nearly 7 billion yuan. More than 42 million people were affected by the disaster in Jiangsu Province, and 164 people died, resulting in a direct economic loss of 9 billion yuan.

1catastrophic flood disaster in mid-June 1998

The catastrophic flood disaster occurred in mid-June of 1998, mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River basin and the Songhua River basin in the north, causing a rare flood disaster in history. Twenty-nine provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China suffered from floods to varying degrees.

1. Casualties: 1562, with 223 million people affected and 270,000 rescue troops.

2. Disaster: 4.97 million houses collapsed, with an area of 3/kloc-0.80 million mu, a disaster-stricken area of/kloc-0.96 million mu, and a direct economic loss of/kloc-0.66 million yuan.

3. Rescue forces: 270,000 people were dispatched by the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police, 80 million people participated in the flood fighting, and the total mobilization force reached nearly 1 100 million people.

4. State appropriation: several billion, and nearly 10 billion materials were transferred from various places.

5. Accepting donations: 3.5 billion yuan, equivalent to 3.7 billion yuan.