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Typhoon Marokat takes Asia by storm

August 11, 2009 by bb-pawprint

A terrible typhoon has struck the Taiwan and China with fierce flooding and pounding gusts of wind. Typhoon Marokat struck Taiwan while causing the worst flooding the nation has seen in 50 years. $0 In its malevolent wake it has left dozens of people missing and possibly dead and the typhoon has toppled a six-story hotel. It earlier struck the Philippines, and has killed at least 21 people.$0$0 After it’s devastating attack on the Philippines, and on Taiwan, Marokat pushed onward to China’s eastern Fujian province carrying with it heavy rain and winds of up to 74 miles per hour, according to the China Meteorological Administration. $0$0 Marokat flooded villages, toppled housing, and forced nearly a million people to flee for their lives. Officials rode bikes to give out food to those who were trapped by rising waters. Marokat showed its strength by using its strong winds to uproot trees or just snapped them apart. At least one child died in the Zhejiang province after a house collapsed on him. However, Marokat is expected to weaken as it travels north at six miles an hour, said officials. $0

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