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Natural disasters cause $415 million in losses

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China's Ministry of Emergency Management said that natural disasters caused about $415 million in direct economic losses in the first quarter, Xinhua reported. The ministry said that catastrophes including hailstorms, forest fires, earthquakes and snowstorms destroyed crops and houses and killed 87 people in China.

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