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TYPHOON STORMED TAIWAN - HEADING TOWARDS CHINA

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Taipei : Taiwan | 3 months ago  
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  • Flood waters brought by Typhoon Morakot submerge a house in Chiatung, Pingtung county
    Flood waters brought by Typhoon Morakot submerge a house in Chiatung, ...
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Flood waters brought by Typhoon Morakot submerge a house in Chiatung, ...

About one million people been evacuated from china;s eastern coastal area as the Typhoon Morakat headed towards china after stormed out Taiwan.Taiwan faced the worst flood ever in the 50 years.Many people been reported missing by the Taiwan Diaster Relief Centre.

The Typhoon centred near the southeastern Fujian and headed toward the northeast china.Lakhs of peoples from zhejiang and Fujian fleed away.According to the meterolical team, the storm will bring landslides with heavyrainfall in the coastal region.

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  • News Source: Novinite | 3 months ago
    World August 12, 2009, Wednesday Typhoon Morakot has caused at least USD 225 M in agricultural damage while nearly 30 000 houses were still without power and 750 000 homes without water. About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon...
  • News Source: BBC | 3 months ago
    She says family members from surrounding areas have been converging on Hsiaolin, demanding that helicopters be sent to their villages too...The search for survivors has been a slow process as the only way in and out of the villages is by helicopter,...
  • News Source: Androscoggin News | 3 months ago
    The member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, He Guoqiang, has praised Fujian province’s Typhoon Morakot relief efforts,...
  • News Source: Voice of America | 3 months ago
    Authorities in Taiwan say search crews have rescued 700 people from at least three villages buried by landslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot. Many of the survivors are from Shiao Lin village in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung county. Rescue crews have...
  • News Source: The Day | 3 months ago
    As the rain tapered off and the sun briefly appeared, helicopters resumed their search this morning for scores of people believed missing in landslides and flooding that hit these rugged mountains of southern Taiwan last weekend. Army officials said...
  • News Source: United Press International | 3 months ago
    Rescue and recovery efforts continued Wednesday in China and Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot , which killed at least 70 people in both countries. In Taiwan, the death toll was 62 as of Tuesday evening, Xinhua, the official Chinese government news agency,...
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  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com
    Morakot is expected to weaken from typhoon to tropical storm strength before it makes landfall in southern China's Fujian and Zhejiang provinces late Saturday or early Sunday, the China National Meteorological Center said on its Web ...
  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    Typhoon Morakot churned toward China forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people Sunday, a day after lashing Taiwan with torrential rains that caused the worst flooding on the island in 50 years. ... Morakot hit Taiwan late Friday but traversed
  • Blog Source: www.gccapitalideas.com
    Landfall is expected to occur close to the city of Fuzhou in Fujian Province (population of around 6.6 million), prompting officials to evacuate around 22000 people in the city and the nearby towns of Ningde and Putian. ... The provincial government
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