Following on from the deaths of three people in Fujian Province over the past two days as a result of the storm, the landslide happened in Minhou County of Fujian’s provincial capital, Fuzhou, China Central Television reported.
Heavy rains brought by the typhoon caused the hillside to give way above the buildings where the students were staying, sweeping them away.President Hu Jintao yesterday made a phone call and asked for every effort to be made to find the missing.
Typhoon Longwang, which means dragon king in Chinese, raged(狂吹)across Taiwan on the weekend before moving on to Fujian.
About 537 000 people had been moved to safety, officials said, and 2.46 million people were affected(受到影响).Although downgraded to a tropical depression yesterday, Longwang had already damaged 60 000 hectares of crops, with 12 500 “completely damaged,” Xinhua reported.
Economic damage was estimated at 1.2 billion yuan(US$150 million).
Downpours from the typhoon, the 19th to hit China this year, began at noon on Sunday in Fuzhou and lasted for 14 hours, dumping 111 millimetres, according to the provincial meteorological bureau.The rain paralyzed Fuzhou’s transport system.Pools of water on the main streets were about 70 centimetres deep.
The meteorological bureau reported that Longwang first struck Weitou town, Jinjiang city, with winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour at its centre.
The previous typhoons to hit China’s coastal areas this year caused 188 deaths and losses totalling 73.8 billion yuan(US$9 billion), according to official figures.
(Adapted from China Daily 10/04/2005)
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Which is the best title of this report?
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A.
Typhoon Longwang causes landslide
B.
Typhoon causes three people to die
C.
Typhoon causes a storm
D.
Typhoon Longwang
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Before coming to Fujian, Typhoon Longwang attacked ________.
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A.
Japan
B.
Korea
C.
Taiwan
D.
Hong Kong
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What time did downpours from the typhoon stop in Fuzhou?
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12∶00 Sunday.
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2∶00 p. m.Sunday.
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2∶00 a. m.Sunday.
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2∶00 a. m.Monday.
(4)
The underlined word “paralyzed” in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.