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China: Typhoon: 2002/08/07 Country Information on DRR

Period 2002/08/07
Country or District China
Event Type Typhoon
Outline A tropical storm which swept through southern China killed 47 people.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others
CNN news 2002/08/11
Dead: 70 people

This monsoon killed at least 43 people.
soaked 2.3 million hectares of farmland

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CNN news 2002/08/11
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Yahoo News 2002/08/09
Floods and landslides kill 47 in southern China

CNN News 2002/08/07
As many as 33 people are feared dead after tropical storm Kammuri hit the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.

Yahoo asia News 2002/08/07
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