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China suffers $7.6 billion in losses from natural disasters in H1 2025
BEIJING, July 15 (Reuters) - Natural disasters across China in the first half of 2025 have resulted in direct economic losses totalling 54.11 billion yuan ($7.55 billion), an official from the emergency response ministry said on Tuesday.
A total of 307 people were either confirmed dead or missing due to the disasters, while 2.18 million hectares of crops were damaged, the official told a press conference.
($1 = 7.1709 Chinese yuan renminbi)
