30 killed, 15 missing as Typhoon hits E. China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-11 08:37
HANGZHOU - Typhoon Saomai, the strongest to hit the Chinese mainland in
50 years, has left at least 30 dead and 15 missing after it landed in east
China's Zhejiang Province Thursday afternoon.
By the early hours of Friday, 28 people have been killed and three missing in
Zhejiang, sources with the provincial flood control and drought relief
headquarters said early Friday morning.
Two people have died and 12 others are missing in neighboring Fujian
Province, according to local sources.
Saomai landed in Cangnan County of Zhejiang at 5:25 p.m. Thursday with a wind
speed of 216 km per hour, bringing torrential rains and strong winds.
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