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Sun 08 Aug 20091 million flee as storm nears China
A child was killed and houses were flattened after Typhoon Morakot battered China's eastern coast today, bringing torrential rain and high waves likely to disrupt life and business across the heavily commercial region.
The death came as Morakot landed on the densely populated Chinese mainland in the afternoon, toppling five houses in Wenzhou, a manufacturing hub on the coast of Zhejiang province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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