The online map of typhoon path and disaster distribution in China in 2014 is derived 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 1:27500000.
Online map of typhoon path and disaster distribution in China in 2014
General situation of typhoon disaster
In 2014, a total of 26.655 million people were affected by the typhoon disaster in 12 provinces (autonomous regions), 94 people died, 17 people were missing, 1.773 million people were urgently transferred and resettled; 52000 houses collapsed and 626000 houses were damaged in varying degrees; the disaster area of crops was 24831000 hectares, including 3487000 hectares of barren harvest; and 69.340 billion yuan of direct economic loss was lost.
In 2014, typhoon disasters mainly showed the following characteristics:
1.The number of typhoons landing is small and the frequency is more, and the losses are concentrated in South China.
In 2014, a total of 5 typhoons landed on the mainland of China, and the number of landfall was 1.8 less than the annual average, of which no typhoon landed in August was historically rare. On June 15, "Heibei Si" landed in Shantou, Guangdong Province, 10 days earlier than usual. In 2014, four of the five typhoons landed in China twice or more. The 1409 super typhoon "Rammasun" and the No. 1410 typhoon "Matmo" landed three times respectively, and the No. 1416 typhoon "Phoenix" landed as many as four times, which is the first typhoon landing in Shanghai in 25 years. In terms of losses, more than 80% of the damaged area of crops, no harvest area, damaged houses and direct economic losses caused by typhoon disasters throughout the year, and more than 60% of emergency resettlement were concentrated in South China.
2.The history of super typhoon is rare and Hainan has been severely damaged
On July 18 and 19, 2014, the super typhoon "Rammasun" landed in Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi for three times. When landing in Hainan and Guangdong, the maximum wind force reached force 17. It is the strongest typhoon landing in South China since 1973 and the most serious impact on Hainan Province since 2000, with rare loss history. As a result, houses and crops in Hainan and other places have been seriously damaged; more than 100 flights have been cancelled, many ferry and passenger ships have been suspended, and trains on multiple lines have been suspended; Water supply and power supply in Haikou and Wenchang of Hainan, Xuwen and Leizhou in Guangdong, Beihai and Fangchenggang in Guangxi were interrupted for a long time, and seawater recharge occurred in many places.
Typhoon path:
The blue arrow in the figure indicates: Heibei Si.
The orange arrow in the figure indicates: Rammasun.
The yellow arrow in the figure indicates: Matmo.
The purple arrow in the figure indicates: Seagull.
The pink arrow in the figure indicates: Phoenix.
Annual disaster index of typhoon disaster:
The closer to the dark green area, the higher the annual disaster index of the typhoon disaster.
The closer to the light green area, the lower the annual disaster index of the typhoon disaster.
The white area in the figure shows： Non affected areas.
Note: data on Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao are not available.
Online map of people affected by typhoon disaster in China in 2014
Online map of crop damage caused by typhoon disasters in China in 2014
Online map of house damage and economic loss caused by typhoon disasters in China in 2014
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