CNN: Deadly storm rips through coastal China
August 7, 2002 HONG KONG, China -- As many as 33 people are feared dead after
tropical storm Kammuri hit the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. State media reported that 13 people were killed and 14 injured while 20 were
still missing from the storm which swept through the coastal cities of Shanwei,
Shantou and Lufeng Monday. Torrential rains from Kammuri caused rivers to overflow and houses to
collapse, cutting off water and electricity supplies in the storm-hit areas, the
China Daily reported. The report said that 10 farmers died in a massive landslide in Wuhua County,
while two workmen were electrocuted while repairing damaged water facilities in
Shantou. The local government has sent a relief team to the area to assist residents
in rebuilding their homes and restoring farm production, the China Daily report
said. But the devastation caused by the rain has an upside, with Kammuri helping to
ease the major drought that has affected Guangdong this year. The heavy rains are expected to last a few more days, weather forecasters
said. Meanwhile, in the province of Liaoning in China's northeast, rainstorms and
flooding has affected 18,000 hectares of land and affected some 45,000
households, the China Daily reported. About 10,000 livestock had been killed from the heavy rainfall. Torrential rain is rarely seen in the region, the report added.
Around 800 people have been killed in floooding during
this year's rainy season
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