Blog Post #128
Sat 20 May 2006
Typhoon Chanchu
Saturday, May 20th, 2006 at 6:58 amCategories: Weather; China
Posted by Administrator
BBC News reports:
The number of people killed in southern China by Typhoon Chanchu has risen to at least 16.
The deaths happened in Guangdong and Fujian provinces, where houses were destroyed in floods and landslips.
More than a million people have been taken to safety.
An official with the Hong Kong Observatory told the Associated Press that Chanchu was the “most intense” typhoon on record to strike in the South China Sea at this time of year.
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Image of the day:
Policemen inflate lifebelt before the arrival of the Chanchu typhoon in the Chinese province of Zhejiang.
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