World IN BRIEF : CHINA : Typhoon Kills 48; 40,000 Left Homeless
From Times staff and Wire reports
A powerful typhoon which hit eastern China last week killed at least 48 people, injured 250 and left more than 40,000 homeless, the official New China News Agency said. Authorities said 45 people were missing after Typhoon Abe hit Zhejiang province on China’s east coast Friday. Nearly 650,000 people were evacuated to escape flooding. The storm damaged 946,400 acres of crops, the news agency said.
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