12-26 Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disaster
							(1 000 hectares)
Year	Areas	Areas	Percentage	Flood		Drought
	Covered	Affected	of Disaster
Region			Areas Affected	Areas	Areas	Areas	Areas
			to Areas Covered	Covered	Affected	Covered	Affected
1978	50790	24457	48.2	2850	2012	40170	17970
1979	39370	15120	38.4	6760	2870	24650	9320
1980	44526	29777	66.9	9146	6070	26111	14174
1981	39786	18743	47.1	8625	3973	25693	12134
1982	33133	15985	48.2	8361	4397	20697	9972
1983	34713	16209	46.7	12162	5747	16089	7586
1984	31887	15607	48.9	10632	5395	15819	7015
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
2000	54688	34374	62.9	7323	4321	40541	26784
Beijing	204	89	43.6	14	1	170	78
Tianjin	310	185	59.7	0		300	180
Hebei	2710	1855	68.5	220	135	2390	1640
Shanxi	2455	1616	65.8	45	32	2320	1546
Inner Mongolia	3397	2345	69.0	77	63	3160	2200
Liaoning	2831	1885	66.6	5	2	2786	1860
Jilin	3245	2584	79.6	53	37	3102	2490
Heilongjiang	3483	2299	66.0	30	20	3393	2239
Shanghai	18	13	72.2
Jiangsu	3177	2062	64.9	80	36	1901	1360
Zhejiang	787	416	52.9	41	30	98	66
Anhui	3502	2499	71.4	373	190	2990	2250
Fujian	502	328	65.3	215	125	72	40
Jiangxi	1416	1008	71.2	290	172	820	627
Shandong	3697	2271	61.4	120	73	3336	2106
Henan	4608	2646	57.4	1940	1257	2398	1320
Hubei	3190	1996	62.6	582	365	2210	1470
Hunan	1551	687	44.3	334	161	930	400
Guangdong	688	313	45.5	175	61	100	80
Guangxi	1523	836	54.9	234	150	1004	541
Hainan	541	264	48.8	297	132
Chongqing	708	434	61.3	361	202	270	190
Sichuan	2315	1127	48.7	513	293	1637	763
Guizhou	1020	504	49.4	505	290	216	160
Yunnan	941	470	49.9	375	204	206	113
Tibet	32	15	46.9	28	13
Shaanxi	1908	1242	65.1	198	116	1654	1110
Gansu	2319	1311	56.5	144	106	1855	1105
Qinghai	444	345	77.7	25	19	404	313
Ningxia	526	370	70.3	27	22	450	320
Xinjiang	640	359	56.1	22	14	369	217