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BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner on Tuesday allocated 28 million yuan (4.2 million U.S. dollars) from the central budget to typhoon-hit Zhejiang Province to support its disaster relief work.
The money will be used in restoration and construction of infrastructure and public facilities damaged by Typhoon Meranti and Typhoon Malakas this month, said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
Areas of Zhejiang flooded, power was disrupted and houses were damaged by gales and rainstorms brought by Malakas over the weekend, wreaking further havoc after Meranti, according to the NDRC.
Typhoon Malakas also triggered disaster relief emergency responses from the National Commission for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
On Sunday, a team was dispatched to Zhejiang to review the situation and assist in disaster relief.
Earlier in the week, Meranti, the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, killed at least ten people in Zhejiang as it brought heavy rainfall. Most casualties were caused by landslides and flashfloods in rural areas, Zhejiang provincial flood control headquarters said Saturday.
More than 902 houses collapsed and over 1.5 million people were affected as of Saturday, it said.
