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$22 million allocated for disaster relief funding
The central government has allocated a disaster relief fund of 155 million yuan ($22.7 million) to provincial areas that were hit by floods or mudslides, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.
The funds were allocated to Guangdong and Yunnan provinces, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the ministry announced on Saturday. The funds will be used for relocation of the affected, emergency financial support, rebuilding of damaged homes and compensation for families of the deceased, according to the ministry.
The disaster relief authorities have sent several work groups to assist with local disaster-relief work after it initiated a level IV emergency response, the lowest level of the country's four-tier emergency response system, for the severe floods and mudslides in the regions.
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