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It blew out of the country on Friday. Fierce wind and heavy rain from typhoon Saola has battered the Philippines, killing at least 10 people and displacing 145,000 others. According to CNN the incident happened near the Temple of Sansha.
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Typhoon Saola looks like a monster tropical cyclone in infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite today, July 30. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. Saola weakened into a tropical storm before making landfall on Friday morning in China’s south-eastern province of Fujian with winds of 90 kph at its centre, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported. Dvorak Fix-Based Wind Radii (Text; ATCF ANAL fixes) Please use the links below to view the text data for this product.
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Waves hit concrete walls of houses on Friday, some of which were already destroyed during a past typhoon,in Navotas City, north of Manila, Philippines
You have reached your limit for free articles this month. Latest Text File | About Published: 13:40 GMT, 2 August 2012 | Updated: 12:54 GMT, 3 August 2012. It was the second tropical cyclone to make landfall in China in little more than nine hours after Damrey hit Thursday night in the eastern province of Jiangsu and affected neighbouring Shandong province. Printable version | Nov 2, 2020 10:34:42 PM | https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/typhoon-saola-death-toll-rises-to-44-as-storms-hit-china/article3722570.ece.
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Torrential rain caused flooding and landslides across Taiwan today - killing five people and injuring 15 as Typhoon Saola skirted the island's east and north coasts heading towards China.