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China-Japan-Koreas
"Super typhoon" slams into southeast China
2006-08-11
Via Drudge.

NINGDE, China (Reuters) - A "super typhoon", the strongest to hit China in half a century, slammed into the coast on Thursday killing at least two people, injuring more than 80 and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.

Typhoon Saomai, one of three storms to hit East Asia in the past few days, made landfall in the southeastern province of Zhejiang, hitting Cangnan county just after a state of emergency was declared, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. It destroyed more than 1,000 houses, plunged almost all the county into darkness and knocked out nearly half of local communication links.
All together now: I blame Bush!
Posted by:Barbara Skolaut

#6  I believe that's Katrina, Red.

Egg-cellent snark by the management. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-08-11 23:15  

#5  Couldn't find a Pacific Typhoon Picture?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-08-11 22:15  

#4  Keep selling arms to Iran.
Posted by: newc   2006-08-11 17:43  

#3  China doesn't usually get big hurricanes like Florida does on a routine basis. This is one of the few exceptions - a full-fledged Cat 5 hurricane (lower when it made landfall).
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-08-11 12:14  

#2  Go figure...it hit Wenzhou head-on, which is only 3 hours south of here. We didn't get so much as a drop of rain.
Posted by: gromky   2006-08-11 05:58  

#1  Can't wait until the Super dam lets go and sweeps all of South China into the sea.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-08-11 01:21  

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