Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Death toll from Typhoon Saomai climbs
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(IOL News) from China.
Beijing - The death toll from China's strongest typhoon in five decades jumped to 295 on Tuesday and was expected to climb higher as scores of bodies of fishermen and sailors were found at sea, a state news agency reported.
Some 59 bodies were found Monday in waters off Fuding, a port on the southeastern coast, raising the city's death toll in Typhoon Saomai to at least 178, with 94 people missing, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Saomai sank more than 1 000 ships and wrecked more than 50 000 houses when it slammed into China's southeast on Thursday with winds of up to 270 kph.
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China has mobilised thousands of soldiers to help rebuild damaged roads, power lines and water supplies.
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Posted by SilverJade Posted by Ninja T. Penguin
(IOL News) from China.
Beijing - The death toll from China's strongest typhoon in five decades jumped to 295 on Tuesday and was expected to climb higher as scores of bodies of fishermen and sailors were found at sea, a state news agency reported.
Some 59 bodies were found Monday in waters off Fuding, a port on the southeastern coast, raising the city's death toll in Typhoon Saomai to at least 178, with 94 people missing, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Saomai sank more than 1 000 ships and wrecked more than 50 000 houses when it slammed into China's southeast on Thursday with winds of up to 270 kph.
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China has mobilised thousands of soldiers to help rebuild damaged roads, power lines and water supplies.
