China mobilises troops for storm recovery effort

South-east China braced for more torrential rain today after Typhoon Saomai slammed into the region, killing 105 people and leaving another 190 missing.

China mobilises troops for storm recovery effort

South-east China braced for more torrential rain today after Typhoon Saomai slammed into the region, killing 105 people and leaving another 190 missing.

More than 20,000 soldiers and paramilitary police were mobilised for relief efforts after Saomai, the strongest storm to strike the country since at least 1949, blacked out cities and wrecked more than 50,000 homes.

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