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1 million Chinese flee killer typhoon

Storm collapses houses; in Taiwan, some areas see 80 inches of rain

By BY GILLIAN WONG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: August 10, 2009 at 5:04 a.m.
Updated: August 10, 2009 at 5:03 a.m.

Credit: The Associated Press
A rescuer carries a baby out of floodwaters Sunday after a typhoon hit Pintung county, southern Taiwan.

A powerful typhoon toppled houses, flooded villages and forced nearly 1 million people to flee to safety on China's eastern coast before weakening into a tropical storm today.

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