The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11 million. Millions of livestock and a significant amount of agriculture were also destroyed, including 12.5 million animals, mainly birds. In the Sichuan province a million pigs died out of 60 million total. Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reported official estimates of insurers' losses at US$1 billion from the earthquake; estimated total damages exceed US$20 billion. It values Chengdu, at the time having an urban population of 4.5 million people, at around US$115 billion, with only a small portion covered by insurance.
Because of the earthquake, how many people did not have housing?
at least 5 million
The earthquake left at least 5 million people without housing, although the number could be as high as 11 million.
The earthquake left at least five million people without housing, although the number could be as high as eleven million.
Because of the earthquake, how many people did not have housing?