Tornado and typhoon claims 11 lives in China

Nine people were killed and 60 injured by a tornado in China's Zhejiang Province, with two others being killed by typhoon Sepat in Fujian Province, that hit the state on Monday.

A torrential rain also hit Minqing County, just west of Fujian's capital Fuzhou, causing the train station to collapse and six cars of a cargo train to derail. Typhoon Septat damaged 366 houses, destroyed over 10,000 acres of crops, cut power supplies and caused estimated losses of up to US$9.5 million.

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