12-24 Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disaster
(1 000 hectares)
				Flood		Drought
Year	Areas	Areas	Percentage
	Covered	Affected	of Disaster
Region			Areas Affected
			to Areas	Areas	Areas	Areas	Areas
			Covered	Covered	Affected	Covered	Affected
1978	50790	24457	48.2	2850	2012	40170	17970
1980	44526	29777	66.9	9146	6070	26111	14174
1985	44365	22705	51.2	14197	8949	22989	10063
1986	47135	23656	50.2	9155	5601	31042	14765
1987	42086	20393	48.5	8686	4104	24920	13033
1988	50874	23945	47.1	11949	6128	32904	15303
1989	46991	22449	52.0	11328	5917	29358	15262
1990	38474	17819	46.3	11804	5605	18175	7805
1991	55472	27814	50.1	24596	14614	29414	10559
1992	51333	25859	50.4	9423	4464	32980	17049
1993	48829	23133	47.4	16387	8611	21098	8657
1994	55043	31383	57.0	17329	10744	30425	17049
1995	45821	22267	48.6	12731	7630	23455	10401
1996	46989	21233	45.2	18146	10855	20151	6247
1997	53429	30309	56.7	11414	5840	33514	20250
1998	50145	25181	50.2	22292	13785	14236	5060
1999	49981	26731	53.5	9020	5071	30156	16614
Beijing	123	73	59.3			97	60
Tianjin	226	125	55.3			190	110
Hebei	3620	2170	59.9	12	9	3090	1870
Shanxi	3000	2090	69.7	45	28	2710	1910
Inner Mongolia	3840	1980	51.6	52	35	3470	1745
Liaoning	1280	1020	79.7	21	5	1190	964
Jilin	1124	698	62.1	14	7	980	628
Heilongjiang	1440	650	45.1	142	83	809	388
Shanghai	259	110	42.5	85	36
Jiangsu	3190	1290	40.4	549	254	1110	474
Zhejiang	757	459	60.6	539	336
Anhui	2860	1560	54.5	947	605	1480	770
Fujian	876	580	66.2	314	159	17	10
Jiangxi	747	456	61.0	638	399	45	13
Shandong	3000	1230	41.0	231	121	2570	1000
Henan	3670	1890	51.5	73	37	2960	1680
Hubei	2830	1330	47.0	1366	731	1102	511
Hunan	1530	936	61.2	1070	689	218	110
Guangdong	1580	687	43.5	85	27	507	197
Guangxi	2200	918	41.7	372	149	1020	392
Hainan	363	166	45.7	17	10	212	55
Chongqing	1850	820	44.3	387	198	952	437
Sichuan	976	512	52.5	468	281	351	171
Guizhou	1230	575	46.7	529	283	362	132
Yunnan	1410	836	59.3	429	239	545	367
Tibet	36.5	21.7	59.5	22	16
Shaanxi	2520	1490	59.1	185	101	2120	1268
Gansu	1810	1060	58.6	178	70	1310	867
Qinghai	420	217	51.7	47	27	340	177
Ningxia	347	261	75.2	77	48	233	187
Xinjiang	865	523	60.5	126	87.4	166	121