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China: Typhoon: 2012/08/19 Country Information on DRR

Period 2012/08/19
Country or District China
Event Type Typhoon
Outline On 19 August 2012, typhoon Kai-Tak hit south China's Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, leaving two people dead and two missing.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact Others

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Xinhua 2012/08/21
Typhoon Kai-Tak has left three people dead, one person missing and forced over 111,500 people to evacuate their homes in southwest China\'s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region as of Monday afternoon.

Xinhua 2012/08/19
The typhoon destroyed about 4,200 houses and damaged another 17,300.