Powerful typhoon Damrey hits southern China
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-09-26 16:14

Experts have warned that the storm might bring huge losses to rice, rubber and bananas harvests, Xinhua said.

East and southeast China are prone to tropical storms and typhoons, two of which caused widespread destruction and killed scores of people this month.

Typhoon Talim left at least 124 dead and 31 missing, with some 19 million residents affected and 1.8 million evacuated.

Last week Typhoon Khanun struck the same area of eastern China, killing at least 14 people, with nine missing. A total of 5.5 million residents were affected, with more than 1.3 million evacuated.

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