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China storm death toll soars
17/07/2006 08:32 - (SA)
Beijing - China's death toll from tropical storm Bilis rose to at least 164 people on Monday, with 138 more missing as torrential rains swept away houses and set off devastating mudslides, state television reported.
More heavy rains were forecast in Guangdong province, a major economic centre that borders Hong Kong, after Bilis flooded farmland, washed out roads and railway lines and cut power supplies, television and newspaper reports said.
Hardest-hit was the inland province of Hunan, where at least 78 people were killed after Bilis roared ashore on Friday, according to newspapers and the official Xinhua News Agency.
They said 43 people were killed in coastal Fujian province and 33 in Guangdong.
State television said fatalities also were reported in Jiangxi and two other provinces but didn't give any details.
- AP
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