Map source

The online map of disaster species and scope in China in 2014 is from the Atlas of natural disasters in China in 2014, the book is edited by the National Disaster Reduction Commission Office, the Disaster relief Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Disaster Reduction Center of Ministry of Civil Affairs, and is published by China Map Publishing House. The scale of this map is 1:22000000.

Online map of disaster species and scope in China in 2014

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Evaluation of the overall disaster scope in China:

In 2014, there were 2367 county-level administrative regions affected by natural disasters, accounting for 83% of the country's county-level administrative regions. Compared with 2013, the number of affected counties decreased significantly, and the proportion of affected counties (the proportion of affected counties in county-level administrative regions) decreased by nearly 10%. On the whole, it has the following characteristics:

1.Flood and geological disasters have the widest influence range

A total of 1529 counties suffered from floods and geological disasters, accounting for 53.6% of the country's county-level administrative regions; followed by wind and hail disasters, a total of 1131 counties suffered from wind and hail disasters, accounted for 39.6% of the county-level administrative regions nationwide; the impact of earthquake disasters is relatively small, and the affected counties accounted for 3.3% of the county-level administrative regions nationwide.

2.A higher proportion of affected counties in the southwest and northwest regions

More than 90% of county-level administrative regions in southwest, northwest and central China were affected; 80-90% of county-level administrative regions in South and Northeast China were affected; and about 60-70% of county-level administrative regions in East and North China were affected.

3.The proportion of affected counties in more than 70% of provinces exceeds 80%

A total of 22 provinces across the country accounted for more than 80% of the affected counties, of which 10 provinces accounted for more than 90%. Hainan, Guizhou, Gansu, Hunan and Chongqing ranked among the top five counties in China, with 100%, 98.9%, 98.8%, 97.5% and 97.4% respectively.

The proportion of affected counties in the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government) county level administrative region (%):

The closer to the dark green area, the greater the proportion of disaster stricken counties in the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government).

The closer to the light green area, the smaller the proportion of disaster stricken counties in the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government).

Types of disasters:

The orange triangle in the figure indicates: Drought disaster.

The blue triangle in the figure indicates: Flood and geological disasters.

The brown triangle in the figure indicates: Wind and hail disasters.

The green triangle in the figure indicates: Typhoon disaster.

The pink triangle in the figure indicates: Earthquake disaster.

The purple triangle in the figure indicates: Low temperature, freezing and snow disasters.

Note: marine disaster losses include extratropical storm surge, sea wave and sea ice; Data on Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao are not available.