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1、www.enteacher.cn我的教师网Naturaldisasteraffectsalmost13millionThedeathtollfromTyphoonRananimclimbedto164Tuesday,with24peoplestillmissing,accordingtoofficialsinEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideonFridayinLeqing,ZhejiangP

2、rovincewasunderway,saidFengZhili,vice-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudslideroseto27Tuesday,withanother20peoplemissing."Thetr

3、agedyhappenedaftertheterribleTyphoonhasreallyworsenedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprovincialfloodcontrolanddroughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionpeoplehavebeenaf

4、fectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(US$2.18billion)worthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlivesinthesubsequentlandslides,flashfloodsandrockfalls,withninebeingkilledbystrongwinds.About20migrantworkers

5、areonthecasualtylist,with144victimsbeinglocalwww.enteacher.cn我的教师网people.TyphoonRananim,whichsweptthroughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynight,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecountrysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastalcityinZhejiangProv

6、ince,at8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewestofJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtledintoJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,accordingtothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumforceofover12."Despitethedamage,t

7、hegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlossestominimum,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secretaryoftheprovincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferareasand9,

8、900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,340