BEIJING, May 14, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs website news, May 12-14, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Jiangxi and other places suffering from devastating floods, as of May 14, there are 49.8 million people were affected, two people were killed.

reported by the Jiangxi Provincial Civil Affairs Department, May 12-14, 2009, north-central Jiangxi rainstorm process, the Board accompanied by thunder, Nanchang rainfall of 197 mm, causing floods. As of statistics at 9:00 on the May 14, Nanchang, Jiujiang, Ganzhou, Xinyu, Yichun City, 23 counties (districts, municipalities), 49.8 million people were affected, two people were killed and nearly 29,000 emergency transfer placement or need emergency living assistance ; more than 3,100 houses collapsed or severely damaged, usually damaged more than 3,700; area of ​​48.5 thousand hectares of crops were affected, of which 430 thousand hectares of crops; direct economic losses of 460 million yuan.