'Town of Bananas' rallies to save crop

Authorities from a town in Nanning, in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, are trying to save locally grown bananas that were battered by Typhoon Rammasun.

As of Tuesday, more than 1.6 million banana trees in the township of Tanluo had been knocked down by the storm, with direct economic losses reaching more than 58 million yuan, according to statistics released by the Tanluo government.

Wei Shiguo, the town leader, said the government has mobilized volunteers and villagers to restore banana trees that were damaged.