Surviving in extreme conditions
By Qian Yanfeng | China Daily | Updated: 2009-08-14 07:44
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A woman walks in the mud-covered street in Chishan township, Kaohsiung county, yesterday after Typhoon Morakot swept Taiwan. Reuters |
As Typhoon Morakot disappeared off China's east coast on Wednesday afternoon, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake, the nation's emergency relief teams were already preparing for their next challenge: Trying to prevent more secondary disasters.
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