World Vision's emergency teams in China begin delivering aid to more than 80,000 storm survivors in four hard-hit provinces.

February 6, 2008

In response to heavy snowstorms that have battered central, eastern, and southern China for weeks, World Vision dispatched emergency assessment teams to the hardest hit areas in Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, and Anhui provinces.

Delivery of 40,000 quilts

Our office in China reports that there is an urgent need for warm clothing and shelter to assist thousands of affected children and families. One of our teams began distributing 15,000 quilts in Hunan. We plan to distribute more than 40,000 quilts to about 80,000 people in the four storm-weary provinces.

Severe winter weather, which has lasted for nearly three weeks, has created havoc across 17 provinces and regions in China, killing at least 60 people and destroying an estimated 220,000 houses. Transport has come to a halt, and ice has weighted down power lines.