China allocates $91 million for flood response, disaster relief
The Ministry of Finance announced Wednesday that funding worth ¥649 million (about $91 million) had been allocated to support flood response and disaster relief efforts in multiple Chinese regions.
The central government funding, which was allocated Tuesday, would specifically support typhoon and flood response, as well as disaster relief, in the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Fujian and Shandong.
Others are Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, and also in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chongqing Municipality, the ministry said in a statement.
The funding would be used to assist these regions in doing work such as repairing damaged water projects and facilities, as well as investigating and eliminating safety hazards.
This will be to ensure the safe operation of water projects and facilities during the main flood season, the statement said.
The Ministry of Emergency Management has said that seven major river basins in China are bracing for the main flood season in August, a time when flood disasters may occur in multiple regions.
The ministry noted that the water levels may rise beyond control lines in some rivers.
It also warned that two or three typhoons would make landfall this month, affecting the nation’s southern and eastern regions.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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