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Kammuri lands another punch
Created: 2008-8-8 1:05:27
KAMMURI, the ninth tropical storm of the year, made another landfall in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 2:50pm yesterday after lashing across neighboring Guangdong Province and the Beibu Gulf.
Kammuri packed winds up to 100 kilometers per hour and produced rain of as much as 99 millimeters in Guangxi.
The regional civil affairs department said 29,200 people were forced to evacuate.
Direct economic losses were put at 9.43 million yuan (US$1.35 million).
After yesterday's landfall, Kammuri weakened and moved west.
Kammuri produced heavy rain on the Leizhou Peninsula to the southwest of Guangdong, after an evening landfall on Wednesday. Records in the region on Wednesday night suggested the highest rainfall level in a century.
There were no reports of human casualties.
Kammuri packed winds up to 100 kilometers per hour and produced rain of as much as 99 millimeters in Guangxi.
The regional civil affairs department said 29,200 people were forced to evacuate.
Direct economic losses were put at 9.43 million yuan (US$1.35 million).
After yesterday's landfall, Kammuri weakened and moved west.
Kammuri produced heavy rain on the Leizhou Peninsula to the southwest of Guangdong, after an evening landfall on Wednesday. Records in the region on Wednesday night suggested the highest rainfall level in a century.
There were no reports of human casualties.
Xinhua
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