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1、人民教育出版社八年级（上册）畅言教育Naturaldisasteraffectsalmost13millionThedeathtollfromTyphoonRananimclimbedto164Tuesday,with24peoplestillmissing,accordingtoofficialsinEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideonFridayi
2、nLeqing,ZhejiangProvincewasunderway,saidFengZhili,vice-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudslideroseto27Tues
3、day,withanother20peoplemissing."ThetragedyhappenedaftertheterribleTyphoonhasreallyworsenedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprovincialfloodcontroland
4、droughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionpeoplehavebeenaffectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(US$2.18billion)worthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlivesinthesubsequentlandslides,f
5、lashfloodsandrockfalls,withninebeingkilledbystrongwinds.About20migrantworkersareonthecasualtylist,with144victimsbeinglocalpeople.用心用情服务教育人民教育出版社八年级（上册）畅言教育TyphoonRananim,whichsweptthroughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynight,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecount
6、rysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastalcityinZhejiangProvince,at8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewestofJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtledintoJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,according
7、tothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumforceofover12."Despitethedamage,thegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlossestominimum,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secretaryofthepro
8、vincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferareasand9,900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,3
