Typhoon Kills 114 People; 110 Missing

Typhoon Sally killed at least 114 people, left 110 missing, destroyed more than 200,000 houses and caused at least $1.5 billion damage when it slammed into southern China this week, officials said. The typhoon sliced across the province of Guangdong on Monday, killing at least 79 people in worst-hit Zhanjiang city, leaving more than 60 missing and injuring 2,300, local officials said by telephone. People’s Liberation Army soldiers and People’s Armed Police were deployed to help with rescue work in Zhanjiang, where almost all trees in the city and its suburbs had been uprooted by the storm’s high winds, officials said. In Maoming city, at least 33 people were killed and more than 50 were reported missing, the officials said.