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1、Naturaldisasteraffectsalmost13millionThedeathtollfromTyphoonRananimclimbedto164Tuesday,with24peoplestillmissing,accordingtoofficialsinEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideonFridayinLeqing,ZhejiangProvincewasunderway,saidFengZhili,vi
2、ce-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudslideroseto27Tuesday,withanother20peoplemissing."ThetragedyhappenedaftertheterribleTyphoonhasreallywors
3、enedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprovincialfloodcontrolanddroughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionpeoplehavebeenaffectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(US$2.18billion)w
4、orthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlivesinthesubsequentlandslides,flashfloodsandrockfalls,withninebeingkilledbystrongwinds.About20migrantworkersareonthecasualtylist,with144victimsbeinglocalpeople.TyphoonRananim,whichswept
5、throughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynight,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecountrysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastalcityinZhejiangProvince,at8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewestofJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtle
6、dintoJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,accordingtothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumforceofover12."Despitethedamage,thegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlossestominimum,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secre
7、taryoftheprovincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferareasand9,900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,340-kilometre-longstandarddyke,thousandsofres