Hailstorms Kill 157 in China Over 10 Days
From Associated Press
BEIJING —
Hailstorms that battered wide areas of southwest Sichuan province over a 10-day period killed 157 people and injured 6,000, the newspaper China Daily said Wednesday.
The storms, which hit 105 of the province’s 175 counties from April 20 through last week, also destroyed 170,000 houses, the English-language newspaper said. Earlier reports had put the death toll from the storms at 87.
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