3 killed in sandstorm
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April 29, 2010, Thursday
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THREE people were dead and two more missing after a sandstorm swept east China's Shandong Province on Monday, the provincial civil affairs bureau said yesterday.
In the same province, 43 sailors were rescued and nine were missing after strong winds overturned eight boats, local authorities said.
Winds with speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour buffeted China's eastern coast on Tuesday, and the eight boats capsized between 3am and 8am.
In the sandstorm, two women, both 55, were killed when a boat overturned in the fierce sandstorm in Juxian County.
Two men fell into the water in the same accident, and were still missing yesterday, the bureau said in a statement.
In a separate accident, a villager in Ningyang County was blown into a river by the sandstorm, and drowned.
The bureau had received reports showing 1.5 million people had suffered property losses in the freak sandstorm, which turned the sky dark on its arrival in the province on Monday afternoon.
At least 4,000 homes collapsed and thousands of vegetable greenhouses damaged in the province, known as China's major vegetable and fruit production base, the bureau said.
The bureau has sent work groups to investigate the disaster and help with the relief work.
In the same province, 43 sailors were rescued and nine were missing after strong winds overturned eight boats, local authorities said.
Winds with speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour buffeted China's eastern coast on Tuesday, and the eight boats capsized between 3am and 8am.
In the sandstorm, two women, both 55, were killed when a boat overturned in the fierce sandstorm in Juxian County.
Two men fell into the water in the same accident, and were still missing yesterday, the bureau said in a statement.
In a separate accident, a villager in Ningyang County was blown into a river by the sandstorm, and drowned.
The bureau had received reports showing 1.5 million people had suffered property losses in the freak sandstorm, which turned the sky dark on its arrival in the province on Monday afternoon.
At least 4,000 homes collapsed and thousands of vegetable greenhouses damaged in the province, known as China's major vegetable and fruit production base, the bureau said.
The bureau has sent work groups to investigate the disaster and help with the relief work.
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