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#TyphoonMeranti Leaves 16 Dead or Missing in #China

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#TyphoonMeranti Leaves 16 Dead or Missing in #China

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Typhoon Meranti left at least 16 people dead or missing in China and an ancient bridge destroyed as it wreaked havoc on the country’s eastern coast, the government said Friday.


The storm, described by the official Xinhua news agency as the world’s strongest typhoon this year and the worst to hit Fujian province since records began in 1949, killed seven people by Friday morning, the civil affairs ministry said in a statement.

Another nine people were missing and more than 330,000 residents had been relocated, it added.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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