Haikui damage estimated at 1.46b yuan
Updated: 2012-08-14 10:23
(Xinhua)
|
||||||||
BEIJING -- Insurers have assessed that damage caused by typhoon Haikui has reached 1.46 billion yuan ($230 million), according to an announcement on Monday by China's insurance regulator.
The figure was calculated based on claims filed for property loss in typhoon-swept regions as of Monday, the China Insurance Regulatory Commission said in a statement.
Haikui has "inflicted heavy losses" on the southeastern coastal regions, with 45,681 insurance claims filed in cities and provinces including Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui as of Monday, the CIRC said.
Insurers estimated a total of 830 million yuan in corporate property and engineering project losses and 460 million yuan in agricultural losses, according to the CIRC.
Haikui, which means "sea anemone" in Chinese, was the 11th typhoon of the year and made landfall in Zhejiang province last week, bringing gales and heavy downpours to China's eastern coast.
Four provincial-level regions in east China were evacuated of more than 2.17 million people, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Friday.
Meteorological authorities in Anhui said on Saturday that Haikui had weakened into a tropical depression.
Relief reaches isolated village
Rainfall poses new threats to quake-hit region
Funerals begin for Boston bombing victims
Quake takeaway from China's Air Force
Obama celebrates young inventors at science fair
Earth Day marked around the world
Volunteer team helping students find sense of normalcy
Ethnic groups quick to join rescue efforts
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
|
|
|
|
|
|
Today's Top News
Health new priority for quake zone
Xi meets US top military officer
Japan's boats driven out of Diaoyu
China mulls online shopping legislation
Bird flu death toll rises to 22
Putin appoints new ambassador to China
Japanese ships blocked from Diaoyu Islands
Inspired by Guan, more Chinese pick up golf
US Weekly
|
|














