Factbox-Impact of Floods in China After Typhoon Doksuri

BEIJING (Reuters) – Excessive rain battered northern China after Storm Doksuri made landfall in southern Fujian province on July 28, flooding cities together with Beijing, killing about 60 folks and inflicting in depth injury to houses, crops, livestock and infrastructure.

Following is a tally of the injury as reported by state media:

As of 12 a.m. (-1day 1600 GMT) Aug. 9

*33 deaths, 18 nonetheless lacking

*59,000 houses collapsed, 147,000 houses broken

*225,000 mu (15,000 hectares) of crops stricken

BAODING PREFECTURE IN HEBEI

As of 12 p.m. (0400 GMT) Aug. 5

*4,448 houses collapsed, 7,286 houses broken

*79,000 hectares of crops affected

*284 bridges and over 550 kilometres of rural roads ruined

*17 billion yuan ($2.36 billion) in direct financial losses

SHULAN CITY IN JILIN PROVINCE

As of 10 p.m. (1400 GMT) Aug. 6

DANDONG CITY IN LIAONING PROVINCE

As of two p.m. (0600 GMT) July 28

*262.3 hectares of crops broken

*52.27 million yuan ($7.25 million) in direct financial losses

($1 = 7.2068 Chinese language yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; enhancing by Miral Fahmy)

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