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1、www.enteacher.cn我的教师网Naturaldisasteraffectsalmost13millionThedeathtollfromTyphoonRananimclimbedto164Tuesday,with24peoplestillmissing,accordingtoofficialsinEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideonFridayinLeqing,ZhejiangProvincewasunderw
2、ay,saidFengZhili,vice-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudslideroseto27Tuesday,withanother20peoplemissing."ThetragedyhappenedaftertheterribleTyp
3、hoonhasreallyworsenedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprovincialfloodcontrolanddroughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionpeoplehavebeenaffectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(U
4、S$2.18billion)worthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlivesinthesubsequentlandslides,flashfloodsandrockfalls,withninebeingkilledbystrongwinds.About20migrantworkersareonthecasualtylist,with144victimsbeinglocalwww.enteacher.cn我的教
5、师网people.TyphoonRananim,whichsweptthroughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynight,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecountrysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastalcityinZhejiangProvince,at8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewesto
6、fJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtledintoJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,accordingtothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumforceofover12."Despitethedamage,thegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlossestominim
7、um,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secretaryoftheprovincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferareasand9,900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,340
