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Typhoon kills 33 in China, does millions in damage

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 04:21

BEIJING — Flooding and landslides triggered by the strongest storm to hit China this year have killed 33 people and left at least 42 missing, state media said.

Typhoon Fanapi swamped south China's Guangdong province after making a direct hit on the island of Taiwan on Sunday and killing two there.

China's national meteorological center forecast heavy or torrential rains for parts of central and western parts of Guangdong through Thursday morning.

The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported late Wednesday at least 33 were killed in Guangdong and 42 people remained missing.

Xinhua said the dead included five people killed when a dam at the Xinyi Yinyan Tin Mine in Xinyi city was hit by a landslide and collapsed. The report cited city officials.

The Civil Affairs Ministry, in a statement on its website, estimated the typhoon has caused 867 million yuan ($12 million) in direct economic losses in Guangdong.

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