Six people injured in typhoon Morakot in China
Almaty. August 11. Kazakhstan Today - Six people have been injured in typhoon Morakot. The economic damage has been more than $1 billion, the agency reports citing Xinhua.
According to Xinhua, as of August 10th, the eighth this year typhoon Morakot already entailed death of six inhabitants of the continental part of China. Three more people have been missing.
According to the Ministry of Civil Authorities of the Peoples Republic of China, "in the Chinese provinces Fujian, Chekiang, Jiangxi and Anhui, Morakot has disturbed normal life of 8 million 836 thousand local residents. 1.43 million people have been evacuated. About 6 thousand constructions have been destroyed and 387 thousand hectares of arable lands have been damaged by the typhoon.
Total direct economic damage, which Morakot has caused to the continental part of China, has reached 9.06 billion yuan (about $1.33 billion).
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