Rananim Advisories

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by Rananim!


Here is the url...

http://tcweb.fnmoc.navy.mil/tc-bin/tc_home.cgi

[rainstorm]

looks like a good possibility

[HalloweenGale]

Malou? yup he/she is gonna hit Korea

[Cyclone Runner]

You think times are rough in Tampa, have pity on poor Shanghai, poulation 13 million with Typhoon Rananim bearing down.




Kevin Vang
APCEDI Coordinator

http://www.apcedi.org/apcedi
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[Cyclone Runner]

Meanwhile China reels from a direct hit by Category 2 Typhhon Rananim. The lastest from Reuters.


China typhoon kills 63, more than 1,800 injured

13 Aug 2004 04:24:18 GMT


BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - One of the worst typhoons to hit China in several years killed 63 people and injured more than 1,800 when it battered southeastern Zhejiang province, officials said on Friday.

Typhoon Rananim hit the coast late on Thursday, leaving 15 people missing, causing widespread damage in the rice-growing province and knocking down more than 18,300 buildings, said an official of the provincial meteorological bureau.

"There are 63 people dead and more than 1,800 injured," the official said. "Of them 185 are seriously hurt."

The death toll was likely to rise as the typhoon swept inland into eastern Jiangxi province, officials said.

Many were injured when their homes collapsed, they said.

Officials had evacuated 415,000 people from coastal areas of Zhejiang province to escape the storm.

"This is the strongest typhoon since 1997," said an official of the provincial civil affairs bureau.

"Lots of trees and electricity pylons were toppled."

In 1997, nearly 250 people died when typhoon Winnie struck the coast, causing 19.8 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) in economic losses.

Rananim brought torrential rains and winds exceeding 160 kph (100 mph). The eye of the storm made landfall at about 8 p.m. (1200 GMT) on Thursday near the town of Wenling.

"Shop signboards were flying out and hit people's arms and legs like knives," said a doctor at the No.1 People's Hospital in Wenling. "The wind was really very, very strong and we have rarely seen this."

Some of those in hospital were in critical condition, he said.

The Zhejiang government had requested aid from the central government to deal with the disaster, a local official said.

Direct economic losses were estimated at 15.33 billion yuan ($1.85 billion) and 271,00 hectares (677,500 acres) of crops had been damaged, the Civil Affairs Ministry said.

An estimated 63 fishing boats were trapped at sea, the China Daily said.

Mud flows, landslides and storm tides along the coast were all dangers, Xinhua quoted Gao Shuanzhu, chief forecaster at the Central Meteorological Station, as saying.

On Thursday, the typhoon clipped northern Taiwan, causing the island to suspend ship refuelling and to cancel some domestic flights.

Last month, severe floods triggered by Typhoon Mindulle killed at least 22 people in central and southern Taiwan, with another 14 people missing and feared dead. Agricultural damage was estimated at T$4.6 billion (US$135 million).

In 2001, one of Taiwan's deadliest years for storms, Typhoon Toraji killed 200 people. A few months later, Typhoon Nari caused Taipei's worst flooding on record and killed 100 people. (US$ = 8.28 yuan, US$1 = T$34.1)


Kevin Vang
APCEDI Coordinator

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