China Evacuates 1.8 Million As Typhoon Nears Coast
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › September 19, 2007
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SHANGHAI, China (AP) - A typhoon expected to be among the most powerful storms to hit China in years churned toward the densely populated coast on Tuesday with 165 mph wind gusts, and the government evacuated 1.8 million people.
The fringes of Typhoon Wipha lashed northern Taiwan, where schools, offices and the stock market closed. A construction worker was killed when the storm's winds knocked down scaffolding, Taiwan's Disaster Relief Center said.See the full content of this document
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China Evacuates 1.8 Million As Typhoon Nears Coast
City authorities ordered schools closed Wednesday in Shanghai, a city of more than
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