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Million Flee as Storm Hits China

Posted Oct 7, 07 9:47 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – More than a million Chinese fled their homes as Storm Krusa slammed the southeastern coast after claiming five lives in Taiwan. Damage and injury reports were sketchy as gusts hitting 89 mph ripped through communities. Officials had canceled flights and called back ships and fishing boats in the area to minimize damage.

In Shanghai, site of the ongoing Special Olympics, officials canceled vacations for flood-control workers and drafted plans for site drainage. Fujian could be hit by mudslides following the torrential downpours, authorities warned. Nearby in Vietnam, the official death toll from Typhoon Lekima, which hit Wednesday, rose to 46.

Source Associated Press

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Some huge debris scattered by Typhoon Krosa and ruined cars and buildings , Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, in Taipei, Taiwan. Four people were killed after the typhoon slammed into Taiwan but the storm weakened...   (Associated Press)
Rescue workers recover a child as they search through debris for survivors in a mudslide that toppled a home in the Yang Ming Shan mountain range above Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007. Local reports...   (Associated Press)
Chinese paramilitary officers evacuate two ostriches to safety at a zoo in Wenling, eastern China's Zhejiang province Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007. Authorities in coastal Chinese provinces cleared tourist sites...   (Associated Press)
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