China's death toll jumps to 612


	China's death toll jumps to 612

invictus

7-24-2006 4:38 PM

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china, storm, floods, disasters

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7-24-2006 4:49 PM

arifsali

Way too many human beings have died during last few weeks .... what in the world is going on out there???

This (everything combined, disaster, war, etc) could be an aspect of global warming, why not.

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China's death toll from Tropical Storm Bilis jumps to 612 
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BEIJING (AFP) - The death toll in China from Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 612 with another 208 people missing, state media said, as the country braced for more devastation from Typhoon Kaemi.
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In another major reassessment of the impact of devastating floods brought by Bilis, Xinhua news agency said the nation's disaster relief commission raised the death toll by 82 and the number of missing by 78.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060724/sc_afp/chinaweatherstormtoll_060724151532"><P>
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