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| Death Toll in Tropical Storm Prapiroon Rises to 77 in China |
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The department of civil affairs in Guangxi said on Sunday night the regional death toll was 26 while two others were still missing. About 5.1 million people in Guangxi have been affected by the disasters triggered by Prapiroon, which has destroyed 9,300 homes and damaged about 20,000 hectares of cropland. A flash flood occurred at a private forest farm in Fenghuang Township of Laibin City at 3:20 AM on Saturday, sweeping away 13 migrant workers who were working on the farm. The rescuers saved only six of them and found six corpses. One more migrant worker is still missing. Three people were killed and one more injured in a landslide that happened in Luming Village of Hengzhou Township, The three killed were all female. And the injured is the only man in the family. The Nine of the victims died in a tornado triggered by Prapiroon. The typhoon has caused damage worth 5.4 billion yuan (US$675 million) in the province. Prapiroon, which means Rain God in Thai, formed in the It is the sixth typhoon this year and also the third which has led to huge casualties in The fifth typhoon, Kaemi, in late July claimed 35 lives, including six at a military barracks in east The fourth typhoon, Bilis, lashed south and east (Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2006) |
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