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Typhoon Hagupit kills 10 in south China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-09-25 16:48 The death toll from typhoon Hagupit in south China rose to 10 as of 8 a.m. on Thursday, with two still missing, the Office of State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters said.
According to the office, Hagupit-triggered floods and high winds had affected 8.73 million residents and 400,000 hectares of crops in southern Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
In a separate report on Thursday morning, the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed that typhoon Hagupit had caused five deaths and two missing in the two provincial-level regions as of 17:00 on Wednesday. According to the National Meteorological Observatory, Hagupit, the 14th strong typhoon of the year, landed in the city of Maoming of Guangdong at 6:45 on Wednesday morning with winds of more than 172.8 kilometers per hour in its eye and downgraded to a severe tropical storm at 2 p.m..
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