The Chinese authorities have earmarked 719 million yuan (about $102 million) to support disaster relief and restore agricultural production in regions hit by Super Typhoon Yagi and several rounds of heavy rainfall, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.
The fund, jointly allocated by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Water Resources, has been distributed to China’s Hainan, Guangdong, Liaoning, Jilin, Hunan, Yunnan and Qinghai provinces, as well as Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
According to the ministry, the fund will be used to buy agricultural supplies and services for crop replanting and reseeding and repair damaged facilities to help disaster-hit regions resume agricultural production.
Super Typhoon Yagi, the 11th typhoon of this year, made two landfalls in China earlier this month, first striking Hainan and later Guangdong. It is the strongest autumn typhoon to land in China since 1949, according to meteorological authorities.
(Cover: Floodwater caused by Typhoon Yagi passes through a dam in Nanning City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, September 15, 2024. /CFP)
