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48 still missing as Fanapi sweeps Guangdong
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September 22, 2010, Wednesday
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FLOODS and landslides due to heavy downpours brought by typhoon Fanapi have calmed 18 lives as of 11am today in Guangdong Province, while another 48 remain missing, local authorities said today.
Some areas in Guangdong reported precipitation of over 640 mm in 24 hours, and rain-triggered geological disasters have destroyed over 1,200 homes and forced the evacuation of 78,300 people across the province, according to the provincial flood control headquarters.
Typhoon Fanapi, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, landed in Fujian Province at 7am Monday, but wreaked most havoc in Guangdong, which neighbors Fujian on the south.
As of this noon, no death has been reported in Fujian
Some areas in Guangdong reported precipitation of over 640 mm in 24 hours, and rain-triggered geological disasters have destroyed over 1,200 homes and forced the evacuation of 78,300 people across the province, according to the provincial flood control headquarters.
Typhoon Fanapi, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, landed in Fujian Province at 7am Monday, but wreaked most havoc in Guangdong, which neighbors Fujian on the south.
As of this noon, no death has been reported in Fujian
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