Typhoon kills 214 in China (AFP) Updated: 2006-08-14 16:02

Boys stand beside river-bed rocks washed ashore during a flood on
the banks of the Beijiang river on the outskirts of Shaoguan in southern China's
Guangdong province. Rescuers have recovered the bodies of nearly 100 drowned
fishermen from the sea, officials said, bringing the total reported death toll
from Typhoon Saomai in the country to 214. [AFP]
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