13-25 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 Affected Covered Affected
    Covered (%)        
               
1978 50807 24457 48.1 3109 2012 32641 16564
1980 50025 29777 59.5 9687 6070 21901 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 24914 10559
1992 51332 25893 50.4 9422 4463 32981 17047
1993 48827 23134 47.4 16390 8608 21097 8656
1994 55046 31382 57.0 17328 10744 30423 17050
1995 45824 22268 48.6 12734 7604 23455 10402
1996 46991 21234 45.2 18147 10855 20152 6247
1997 53427 30307 56.7 11415 5839 33516 20012
1998 50145 25181 50.2 22292 13785 14236 5060
1999 49980 26734 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 46946 27160 57.9 12288 7388 22124 13174
2003 54506 32516 59.7 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
2008 39990 22283 55.7 6477 3656 12137 6798
2009 47214 21234 45.0 7613 3162 29259 13197
 
  Beijing 15 10 69.6 3 1
  Tianjin 59 48 82.0
  Hebei 2628 1642 62.5 120 49 1544 1063
  Shanxi 1787 1229 68.8 53 30 1384 966
  Inner Mongolia 4770 2390 50.1 449 161 3890 1923
 
  Liaoning 2172 1034 47.6 20 5 2084 972
  Jilin 2671 1630 61.0 37 16 2440 1471
  Heilongjiang 7394 3130 42.3 1570 800 4872 1907
 
  Shanghai 16 8 49.1
  Jiangsu 1203 393 32.7 166 42 599 199
  Zhejiang 463 243 52.5 67 42 22 6
  Anhui 2101 320 15.2 494 179 909 52
  Fujian 266 128 48.3 13 8 42 26
  Jiangxi 1352 657 48.6 472 296 621 261
  Shandong 2342 1182 50.5 761 185 1175 815
 
  Henan 2987 1063 35.6 100 33 1579 288
  Hubei 1827 532 29.1 832 321 592 149
  Hunan 1825 626 34.3 558 168 753 305
  Guangdong 643 189 29.4 36 3 318 106
  Guangxi 1110 459 41.4 303 109 774 336
  Hainan 120 87 72.5 2 1 13 2
 
  Chongqing 495 177 35.8 319 119 137 47
  Sichuan 1599 697 43.6 667 354 743 242
  Guizhou 780 402 51.5 196 42 478 318
  Yunnan 1668 717 43.0 145 86 1037 416
  Tibet 53 20 37.9 10 4 27 10
 
  Shaanxi 1221 571 46.8 61 25 800 333
  Gansu 1881 669 35.6 110 60 1542 495
  Qinghai 160 74 46.5 13 4 34 17
  Ningxia 366 127 34.7 30 15 308 106
  Xinjiang 1244 778 62.5 9 4 540 366