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GUANGDONG

14 workers in flooded tunnel confirmed dead

The last of the 14 workers trapped in the Shijingshan tunnel in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, was confirmed dead at 12:17 pm on Thursday, a statement released by the onsite rescue headquarters said. The bodies of all the others had been recovered earlier. The tunnel, part of the southern section of the Zhuhai Xingye expressway, flooded at about 3:30 am on July 15, trapping 14 workers inside. Various government departments will handle the aftermath, including providing comfort to the victims' families in the days to come, the statement said.

BEIJING

Typhoon In-Fa could hit coast at weekend

Coastal areas in East China should be on full alert for rainstorms and strong winds as Typhoon In-Fa may make landfall in the provinces of Zhejiang or Fujian on Saturday night or Sunday, the National Meteorological Center said. The cyclone is likely to land with the intensity of a typhoon or severe typhoon, the third- and second-strongest grades on a six-level scale. There is a possibility that it will go straight north along the coast without making landfall, but in any case heavy rain caused by the typhoon will hit Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces and Shanghai from Thursday to Monday, the center said. Zhejiang is expected to see the heaviest rain, with an estimated 500 millimeters due to fall between Saturday and Monday. The center added that Typhoon In-Fa is moving northwest at a speed of 5 to 10 kilometers per hour and will arrive in the East China Sea on Friday afternoon.