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. COUNT 8
QSN1 How many people were left without housing? ANS1 5 million QSN2 How many people could be potentially without housing? ANS2 11 million QSN3 How many animals were killed? ANS3 12.5 million QSN4 How many pigs died in Sichuan? ANS4 1 million QSN5 Because of the earthquake, how many people did not have housing? ANS5 at least 5 million QSN6 How many people might actually be homeless? ANS6 11 million QSN7 How much livestock was lost? ANS7 12.5 million animals QSN8 How many pigs died from the earthquake in Sichuan ? ANS8 a million