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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.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideon
2、FridayinLeqing,ZhejiangProvincewasunderway,saidFengZhili,vice-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudsli
3、deroseto27Tuesday,withanother20peoplemissing."ThetragedyhappenedaftertheterribleTyphoonhasreallyworsenedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprov
4、incialfloodcontrolanddroughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionpeoplehavebeenaffectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(US$2.18billion)worthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlive
5、sinthesubsequentlandslides,flashfloodsandrockfalls,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,whichsweptthroughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynigh
6、t,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecountrysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastalcityinZhejiangProvince,at8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewestofJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtledint
7、oJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,accordingtothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumforceofover12."Despitethedamage,thegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlosses
8、tominimum,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secretaryoftheprovincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferareasand9,900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,3
