12-25  Areas Covered and Affected by Natural Disaster
	(1 000 hectares)
			Percentage	Flood		Drought
Year	Areas	Areas	of Disaster
	Covered	Affected	Areas Affected	Areas	Areas	Areas	Areas
Region			to 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
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	20012
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
2001	52215	31793	60.9	6042	3614	38472	23698
2002	47119	27319	58.0	12378	7474	22207	13247
2003	54506	32516	59.8	19208	12289	24852	14470
2004	37106	16297	43.9	7314	3747	17253	8482
2005	38818	19966	51.4	10932	6047	16028	8479
2006	41091	24632	59.9	8003	4569	20738	13411
2007	48992	25064	51.2	10463	5105	29386	16170
Beijing	76	34	44.3	5		47	19
Tianjin	106	47	44.5	5	3	67	13
Hebei	2338	1420	60.8	491	272	1298	829
Shanxi	2404	866	36.0	520	118	1434	647
Inner Mongolia	3399	2427	71.4	59	39	3184	2307
Liaoning	2393	1077	45.0	43	16	2251	1005
Jilin	3016	1967	65.2	24	17	2889	1906
Heilongjiang	6653	3187	47.9	69	20	6500	3133
Shanghai	21	11	52.4
Jiangsu	1642	610	37.1	719	259	70	49
Zhejiang	901	465	51.6	31	21	83	34
Anhui	1990	1063	53.4	1470	968	11	6
Fujian	329	199	60.5	50	31	101	81
Jiangxi	1320	598	45.3	126	80	1019	470
Shandong	1865	636	34.1	632	134	531	281
Henan	2116	968	45.7	906	521	755	295
Hubei	2790	1204	43.1	1348	653	831	332
Hunan	2178	1475	67.7	504	347	1260	947
Guangdong	746	302	40.5	216	100	377	167
Guangxi	1126	429	38.1	364	110	699	310
Hainan	288	127	44.0	4		160	70
Chongqing	863	427	49.5	520	242	233	155
Sichuan	2490	1128	45.3	890	491	1387	524
Guizhou	524	212	40.5	177	71	179	86
Yunnan	1448	755	52.1	450	236	703	351
Tibet	28	6	20.1	5	5	8
Shaanxi	1946	1041	53.5	462	153	908	548
Gansu	2284	1361	59.6	195	120	1535	992
Qinghai	152	82	53.6	11	5	68	35
Ningxia	611	373	61.1	37	32	341	272
Xinjiang	950	568	59.8	131	42	459	306