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1、Naturaldisasteraffectsalmost13millionThedeathtollfromTyphoonRananimclimbedto164Tuesday,with24peoplestillmissing,accordingtoofficialsinEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideonFridayinLeqing,ZhejiangProvincewasunde
2、rway,saidFengZhili,vice-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudslideroseto27Tuesday,withanother20peoplemissing."Thetragedyha
3、ppenedaftertheterribleTyphoonhasreallyworsenedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprovincialfloodcontrolanddroughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionpeoplehavebeenaf
4、fectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(US$2.18billion)worthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlivesinthesubsequentlandslides,flashfloodsandrockfalls,withninebeingkilledbystrongwinds.About20migrant
5、workersareonthecasualtylist,with144victimsbeinglocalpeople.TyphoonRananim,whichsweptthroughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynight,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecountrysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastalcityinZhejiangProvince,at
6、8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewestofJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtledintoJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,accordingtothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumforceofover12."Despitethedamage,t
7、hegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlossestominimum,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secretaryoftheprovincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferare
8、asand9,900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,340-kilometre-longstandarddyke,thousandsofres
