The overall situation of flood and waterlogging in China in 2014 is on the mild side.

The reporter learned from the office of the State Flood Control and drought Relief headquarters that remarkable achievements have been made in flood control and drought relief in China in 2014. There are no breaches of major dikes in the country, no large and medium-sized reservoirs have broken dams, and the death toll from flood disasters in the country is the fewest in history. Throughout the year, the number of people affected by floods has been reduced by 19.9 million, 20.08 million mu of arable land has been reduced, and 2.98 million tons of grain has been avoided. 93 cities at and above the county level were prevented from being flooded, and the benefits of flood control and disaster reduction were 37.9 billion yuan. The drought resistance has recovered 31.39 million tons of grain losses and 29.8 billion yuan in cash crop losses, and solved the problem of 16.56 million people and 7.9 million head of large livestock in drinking water due to drought.

Shu Qingpeng, deputy director of the State Defense Office and spokesman, said that in 2014, floods and droughts occurred alternately in China, coastal areas were hit by strong typhoons, floods and mountain torrents in some areas were serious, spring droughts occurred in the north and southwest, and severe summer droughts occurred in parts of Northeast and Huanghuai, with rainfall of only 96 mm in Henan Province, the least since 1961. Winter and spring droughts and summer droughts occurred successively in the northern winter wheat region, the south of Northeast China and parts of the Huang-Huai region. at the peak of the drought in August, the area of crops affected by drought reached 83.95 million mu, and 2.46 million people had difficulty in drinking water due to drought. In 2014, 73.82 million people from 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps were affected by the disaster, with 485 dead and 92 missing, 88.78 million mu of crops affected, 260000 houses collapsed, and direct economic losses of 157.4 billion yuan. Compared with the average since 2000, the number of people killed by the disaster is 70% less, the lowest in history, 40% less affected, 50% less affected, and 80% less collapsed houses.