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To: SiouxPal who wrote (77125)	8/19/2006 12:17:32 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362368

An American typhoon. Asia's getting what you got last year. Typhoon Saomai Death Toll Rises in China The Associated Press Friday, August 18, 2006; 11:57 PM BEIJING -- The death toll from Typhoon Saomai, the strongest storm to hit China in more than five decades, jumped to 436 after more than 100 new deaths were confirmed in the country's east, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Most of the 106 new deaths were in the cities of Wenzhou and Lishui in Zhejiang province, where 39,000 houses collapsed under the torrential rains and strong winds that Saomai brought when it slammed into the region last week, Xinhua said. Another 11 people were missing. In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, local residents recover belongings on the ruins of their houses after the typhoon Saomai in Tuoxi Town of Shouning county, southeast China's Fujian Province, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. The death toll from typhoon Saomai had risen to 255 in China on Monday. washingtonpost.com