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Damrey smashes into South China
The cities of Zhanjiang, Maoming and Yangjiang in the western part of Guangdong Province were hardest struck by the typhoon. According to an official from Guangdong Provincial Headquarters of Anti-Flooding yesterday, a total of 121,285 residents who were living along the coastal areas had been evacuated before the typhoon arrived. Many sections of coastal dikes, water conservancy facilities and reservoirs have been destroyed or damaged, while large amounts of crop land has been flooded. The raging typhoon also blew down many trees and advertisement boards in downtown areas, wrecking local traffic operation, the official said. In some parts of the cities, traffic was at a standstill after the streets and highways were flooded. Local governments are still busy calculating their casualties and economic losses, he added. The ferry service across Qiongzhou Straits was suspended from 11 am on Saturday, leaving many vehicles and passengers stranded in Leizhou Peninsula and Haikou, capital of Hainan Province. Damrey is the 18th typhoon to strike the Chinese coast this year. The typhoon has also caused wide spread economic losses in Hainan Province. The island province kicked off a secondary warning and emergency response mechanism for disastrous weather yesterday morning, as Typhoon Damrey swirled towards the island province at a speed of 15-20 kilometres per hour.
(China Daily 09/26/2005 page2)
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