Typhoon Rammasun, Worst to hit south China in 4 Decades.

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Posted 21st July 2014
A typhoon that barreled into northern Vietnam killed at least 11 people and left several missing, state media said Monday, while in China the death toll from the strongest storm to strike the country’s south in four decades rose to 26.

Typhoon Rammasun made landfall in Vietnam over the weekend, triggering heavy floods, destroying homes and crops, and blocking roads with landslides, said the Vietnam News, an English-language daily published by the official Vietnam News Agency.

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Affected by super typhoon Rammasun, the worst to hit south China in four decades, many parts of Yunnan Province have suffered rainstorms and mudslides.

As of 7 p.m. Monday, 330,000 people in 27 counties were affected by the typhoon and 38 were dead or missing, the provincial civil affairs bureau said.

Meanwhile, more than 50 homes toppled and nearly 1,000 people were forced to evacuate, it said.
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The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun -- the strongest typhoon to hit China's south in decades -- was raised to 46 on Tuesday, increasing the overall toll to 151 people dead in three countries just before Typhoon Matmo hit Taiwan and takes aim on China.

The Civil Affairs Ministry said 25 other people were still missing after Typhoon Rammasun made landfall Friday. The storm brought hail and heavy rains and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, damaged roads and ports and cut electricity and water supplies in southern Chinese cities.

It was the strongest typhoon to hit southern China in 41 years, with wind speeds reaching 130 mph, according to the China Meteorological Administration. It also caused 94 deaths in the Philippines earlier last week and at least 11 in Vietnam over the weekend.

The official Xinhua News Agency said heavy rains were expected in Shanghai and other areas from Matma and that authorities were prepared to respond to flooding.

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Locals look at a destroyed house in a village hit by flash floods from rain brought by Typhoon Rammasun in Hoang Su Phi district, in the northern province of Ha Giang on July 22, 2014

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