Prapiroon making landfall in China
(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-08-04 14:59
![Women walk through the wind in front of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Hong Kong August 3, 2006. Typhoon Prapiroon, which killed six people and forced thousands to flee their homes in the northern Philippines, churned towards southern China on Thursday and tens of thousands were evacuated ahead of its arrival. [Reuters]](xin_18080304145904213528.jpg)
Women walk through the wind in front of
the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Hong Kong August 3, 2006. Typhoon Prapiroon
killed five people after making landfall Friday and pounded southern China with
torrential rains and gale force winds. The storm forced the evacuation of
hundreds of thousands of people across south China, uprooting trees and
overturning vehicles. [Reuters]
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