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Natural disasters cause economic losses of $750 million in November in China

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The Ministry of Civil Affairs of China has said that natural disasters caused economic losses of around 4.8 billion Chinese yuan ($750 million) in the country in November, gbtimes.com reports.

Natural disasters affected more than 2.47 million people during the month.

Landslides, floods and snowstorms damaged or destroyed over 84,000 homes, the ministry said.

The disasters claimed more than 47 lives.

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