Recently, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief Commission and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with relevant member organizations, discussed and analyzed the national natural disaster situation in the first three quarters of 2026. In the first three quarters, natural disasters in China were mainly geological disasters, typhoon disasters, floods, wind and hail disasters. Drought disasters, earthquake disasters, low temperatures, rain, snow and freezing, and snow disasters, biological disasters, forest and grassland fires also occurred to varying degrees. According to preliminary statistics, a total of 56.46 million people were affected by various natural disasters to varying degrees; 1,162 people died and disappeared; 5,049,000 people were urgently relocated, resettled and needed emergency livelihood assistance; 13,000 households collapsed, 52,000 houses were damaged, and 430,000 houses were damaged; 4739.7 thousand hectares of crops were affected; and direct economic losses amounted to 1993.6 billion yuan.

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