Typhoon Sepat kills 39 in China

Typhoon Sepat kills 39 in China
Aug 23, 2007 02:55
BBQQ Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: offline	A typhoon killed at least 39 people as it swept across southeast China this week, destroying crops and battering homes, Xinhua news agency said. Typhoon Sepat, which hit at the weekend and was expected to linger as a tropical depression through Thursday, caused losses of nearly 5 billion yuan ($658 million) in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Hunan, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Civil Affairs and local meteorologists as saying. Landslides caused at least half the deaths. A tornado spun off the storm in Zhejiang's manufacturing hub of Wenzhou, which produces everything from shoes to cigarette lighters, killing several people. Disaster officials in the Philippines said three people drowned in flooding caused by Sepat and parts of the capital and surrounding provinces remained under water. Taiwan's disaster center said one person had died and several had been injured in the typhoon. About 2,500 people were evacuated and nearly 9,000 homes were still without electricity.

Aug 23, 2007 02:55

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A typhoon killed at least 39 people as it swept across southeast China this week, destroying crops and battering homes, Xinhua news agency said.

Typhoon Sepat, which hit at the weekend and was expected to linger as a tropical depression through Thursday, caused losses of nearly 5 billion yuan ($658 million) in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Hunan, Xinhua quoted the Ministry of Civil Affairs and local meteorologists as saying.

Landslides caused at least half the deaths. A tornado spun off the storm in Zhejiang's manufacturing hub of Wenzhou, which produces everything from shoes to cigarette lighters, killing several people.

Disaster officials in the Philippines said three people drowned in flooding caused by Sepat and parts of the capital and surrounding provinces remained under water.

Taiwan's disaster center said one person had died and several had been injured in the typhoon. About 2,500 people were evacuated and nearly 9,000 homes were still without electricity.

Aug 23, 2007 02:57	#1
BBQQ Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	This news from CNN tells us that DON'T GO TO SOUTH CHINA now!!

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EVENING Points: Join Date: Dec 5, 2006 Status: Offline	Why so many disasters in China this year? : (

Aug 23, 2007 08:16	#3
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	Is it possible you just hear about them more frequently because of better communications and news media?

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WESTNORWOODGAS Points: Join Date: Jun 22, 2007 Status: Offline	Global warming will get the blame, it's what the experts always say.

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