Japan quake loses more than 300 billion dollars to disaster

International online NEWS: According to Reuters March 23, the Japanese government announced the earthquake caused by the tsunami to Japan's economic losses estimated results, the amount of damage has been more than 300 billion U.S. dollars (about 2 trillion yuan), the world's most disastrous natural disaster,　　Far more than the 1995-year Kobe earthquake and the loss of Hurricane Katrina, which swept New Orleans in 2005. The government said the loss of 300 billion of billions of dollars included losses on roads, homes, factories and other infrastructure, but did not include the loss of power outages that triggered the cessation of economic activity, and the heavy losses that the nuclear crisis could cause.　　It is reported that the 1995 Kobe earthquake caused losses as much as 100 billion U.S. dollars (about 656.2 billion yuan), Hurricane Katrina caused the loss of 81 billion U.S. dollars (531.5 billion yuan). Reported that Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster is known as the aftermath of the World War II Asian countries suffered the most serious crisis.　　As the world's third largest economy and the key link in the global supply chain, especially in the automotive and High-tech Industries, Japan's natural disaster will also trigger global financial market shocks. At present, about 250,000 people live in temporary shelters in Japan, rescue workers and sniffer dogs are cleaning up debris and mud, looking for dead bodies and personal souvenirs. (Li Jinliang)