Typhoon Damrey claims ten lives in China, 4 missing
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Published on: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 at 14:03 IST
Beijing: China's Liaoning province saw at least ten people die and four others missing as a result of a high intensity storm that hit the region as per the statistics released on Sunday.Torrential rains brought by typhoon Damrey, hit Liaoning between August 3 to 4. Rainfall in some parts of the province is believed to have reached a 500-year high, as per the provincial flood prevention and drought control office.
Flooding caused by the rains damaged 20 dams and destroyed over 31,000 houses. About 2.60 million people were affected, with 520,600 people evacuated. There has been an estimated direct economic losses of 22 billion yuan (about $3.50 billion), the office said.
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