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Typhoon Ragasa: 14 Killed, 152 Missing in Taiwan After Barrier Lake Burst

This is Beirut, 24/09 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Taiwan Typhoon Death China Hong Kong

At least 14 people were killed when a decades-old lake barrier burst in Taiwan, a government official said Wednesday, after Super Typhoon Ragasa pounded the island with torrential rain. The lake in eastern Hualien County—formed by a series of landslides that created a natural dam wall—burst Tuesday, washing away a bridge and sweeping into a ...

China Prepares to Evacuate 400,000 as Super Typhoon Makes Landfall in Philippines

This is Beirut, 22/09 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

China Typhoon Philippines Shenzhen

The Chinese city of Shenzhen was preparing Monday to evacuate 400,000 people, while residents of the northern Philippines sought shelter from gale-force winds as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed on a collision course with southern China. The typhoon made landfall on the Philippines' Calayan Island, part of the sparsely populated Babuyan chain, at 3:00 ...

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