Typhoons Damrey Hits China, Vietnam
The Associated Press reported yesterday: "Typhoon Damrey slammed into southern China's resort island of Hainan on Monday, killing at least nine people, collapsing houses and sweeping away rice, rubber and banana crops. Packing winds of up to 125 mph, Damrey made landfall north of Hainan's Wanning City before dawn, the official Xinhua News Agency said. It was the island's strongest typhoon since 1973, the agency said."
The Associated Press Photo of The Day's caption today says that "Vietnamese women fight high winds and rain during the onslaught of Typhoon Damrey in Hua Loc village in Northern Vietnam on Tuesday, Sept. 27,2005. Vietnam's coastline was slammed by Typhoon Damrey, Tuesday morning packing winds of up to 133 kilometers (83 miles) per hour and downing trees and electrical and phone line in it's path. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)"
Below is a satellite photo of Damrey inland over Vietnam yesterday.
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