{"id":40195,"date":"2009-06-05T21:17:12","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T04:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=40195"},"modified":"2009-06-05T21:17:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-06T04:17:12","slug":"storms-cause-27-deaths-heavy-economic-losses-in-central-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/storms-cause-27-deaths-heavy-economic-losses-in-central-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Storms Cause 27 Deaths, Heavy Economic Losses in Central, East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2009-06\/06\/content_11496204.htm\">Xinhua<\/a><\/strong> reports that storms in central and east China have killed at least 27 people and have\u00a0damaged more than 341,000 hectares of crops:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As of 5 p.m. on Friday, parts of Henan, Anhui, Shanxi, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces had been hit by gales, hail and heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The homes of about 4.44 million people were destroyed or damaged during the storm, with Henan and Anhui worst hit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/storm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40196\" title=\"storm\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/storm-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"storm\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/storm-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/storm.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The storm, which began in Henan&#8217;s Zhengzhou, Kaifeng and Shangqiu cities at Wednesday noon, caused an estimated 2.212 billion yuan (323.7 million U.S. dollars) in losses, the [<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Civil_Affairs_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China\">Ministry of Civil Affairs<\/a>] 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