Flood disasters in China affect 58.9 million people with 590 dead or missing this year: emergency management authority
应急部：今年洪涝灾害已致5890万人受灾，590人死亡失踪
Flood disasters from January to October this year in China have affected 58.9 million people, with 590 people dead or missing, 3.5 million people needing emergency relocation and 203,000 houses collapsing, resulting in direct economic losses of 240.6 billion yuan.
在11月8日上午国新办新闻发布会上，应急管理部副部长周学文介绍，今年1-10月，洪涝灾害共造成5890.7万人次受灾，590人死亡失踪，351.5万人次紧急转移安置，20.3万间房屋倒塌，直接经济损失2406.7亿元。与近5年同期均值相比，受灾人次下降12.9%，因灾死亡失踪人数上升9.7%，紧急转移安置人次下降8.5%，倒塌房屋数量上升25.3%，直接经济损失上升12.3%。(应急管理部)
