How did the snowstorm in 2007 affect China?
Xinhua News: Minister of Civil Affairs Li said on 13 that as of February 12, freezing rain and snow disasters had caused 107 deaths and 8 people were missing, resulting in direct economic losses110/billion yuan. Li, Minister of Civil Affairs of China, said that 2 1 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities and corps) were affected to varying degrees by freezing rain, snow and ice disasters, resulting in 107 deaths and 8 missing persons, and15120,000 people were urgently transferred and resettled.192. The affected area of crops10.77 billion mu, with 2530 mu rejected; The damaged forest area is nearly 260 million mu; 354,000 houses collapsed. Li said that Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan and other provinces * * * invested 7.75 million people in disaster relief, and all levels * * * invested/kloc-0.398 billion yuan in disaster relief funds, and distributed a large number of convenient food, rations, edible oil, drinking water, heating fuel, cotton-padded clothes and other disaster relief materials, helping people stranded on railways and highways and the disaster victims. In response to the freezing rain and snow disaster, donations (including material discounts) from all walks of life totaled about1195 million yuan, of which the Ministry of Civil Affairs directly received and donated 858 1 10,000 yuan to the disaster area through the coordination of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the China Red Cross Society and other local red cross societies received137 million yuan, and china charity federation received 45 10. Another news: nearly 279 million mu of forest was destroyed by rain and snow. Xinhuanet Beijing February 13 (Reporter Dong Jun) According to the news released by the State Forestry Administration on June 13, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Gansu and Chongqing were affected by the freezing rain and snow disaster. Among them, 6.5438+0.0246 million mu of Phyllostachys pubescens, 6.5438+0.7429 million mu of trees and 2.03 million mu of seedlings were damaged. After the catastrophic rain, snow and freezing disaster, the State Forestry Administration allocated 4.3 million yuan of forestry disaster relief funds, and coordinated the central government to urgently allocate 30 million yuan of forestry disaster relief funds to subsidize the six provinces most seriously affected by forestry. The State Forestry Administration has made arrangements for the post-disaster reconstruction of forestry, requiring local forestry departments to promptly clean up snow-fallen trees and frozen trees in disaster areas, adjust the quota cutting indicators, support the cleaning work, and combine forest cleaning with scientific tending to prevent the occurrence of deforestation and reduce the economic losses of trees; Ensure that the cut trees can be sold, prevent price suppression, protect wood prices from falling sharply, and ensure that the income of forest farmers is not affected. At the same time, according to the actual situation of disasters in various places, the afforestation plan will be adjusted in time, and forest seedlings will be transported in various ways to ensure the supply of seedlings needed for new afforestation and replanting. Reducing and exempting afforestation funds and related taxes and fees will benefit forest farmers and support forestry construction and production development in disaster areas. Timely prepare and organize the implementation of forestry post-disaster reconstruction planning, improve construction standards, strengthen infrastructure construction in forest areas, and restore forestry production capacity as soon as possible.