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1、Naturaldisasteraffectsalmost13millionThedeathtollfromTyphoonRananimclimbedto164Tuesday,with24peoplestillmissing,accordingtoofficialsinEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Arescueoperationsearchingfor21peopleburiedbywreckagecausedbythemudslideonFridayinLeqing,ZhejiangProvincewa
2、sunderway,saidFengZhili,vice-mayorofWenzhou,oneofworst-hitcitiesinZhejiangProvince.AchildpicksupdebrisleftbyadisastrousmudslideonAugust13afterTyphoonRananimhitLeqinginEastChina'sZhejiangProvince.Thedeathtollfromthemudslideroseto27Tuesday,withanother20peoplemissing."Th
3、etragedyhappenedaftertheterribleTyphoonhasreallyworsenedthegreatdamage,"saidFeng,addingthattelephonelinestoLeqingwerestilldownfourdaysafterthecitywashitbyanavalancheofmudandrock.Thelatestfiguresfromtheprovincialfloodcontrolanddroughtreliefheadquarterssaid12.99millionp
4、eoplehavebeenaffectedandthemudslidehadcaused18.128billionyuan(US$2.18billion)worthofdamage.Provincialofficialssaid109peoplehadbeenkilledwhentheirhousescollapsed,withafurther28losingtheirlivesinthesubsequentlandslides,flashfloodsandrockfalls,withninebeingkilledbystrong
5、winds.About20migrantworkersareonthecasualtylist,with144victimsbeinglocalpeople.TyphoonRananim,whichsweptthroughthewholeZhejiangProvinceonThursdaynight,wasthebiggesttyphoontohitthecountrysince1956,accordingtotheChinaMeteorologicalAdministration.ItstruckWenling,acoastal
6、cityinZhejiangProvince,at8pmlastThursdaynight.ItthenrippedthroughsouthofTaizhouandWenzhou,thewestofJinhuaandQuzhouandfinallyhurtledintoJiangxiProvinceat11amonAugust13,accordingtothelocalmeteorologicalobservatory.Thetyphoonremainedintheprovincefor15hourswithamaximumfor
7、ceofover12."Despitethedamage,thegreateffortswehaveputtofighttyphoonsuchasevacuatingpeoplebeforehand,haveindeedcutlossestominimum,"saidYuZhongda,deputy-secretaryoftheprovincialPartycommittee.Accordingtoincompletestatisticsprovidedbytheprovincialauthorities,about467,900
8、residentshadbeenevacuatedtosaferareasand9,900shipshadbeenpulledintoharbours.A1,340-kilometre-longstandarddyke,thousandsofres
