China: Typhoon Sally [DHA-01: 12-Sep-96]

                 CHINA - TYPHOON SALLY
           DHA GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
                    12 SEPTEMBER 1996


1. ON 11 SEPTEMBER 1996, THE CHINESE MINISTRY OF CIVIL AFFAIRS
PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE IMPACT OF TYPHOON
SALLY  WHICH MADE LANDFALL AT THE COASTAL AREAS OF WUCHUAN
CITY, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, IN THE MORNING OF 9 SEPTEMBER 1996.



2. THE TYPHOON CAUSED DAMAGE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN
SOUTHWESTERN GUANGDONG AND SOUTHEASTERN GUANGXI
PROVINCES. ACCORDING TO INITIAL STATISTICS, THE DEATH
TOLL IS 147, WITH MORE THAN 5,000 INJURED AND 50 MISSING.
272,000 HOUSES WERE DESTROYED AND 1,220,000 DAMAGED.
15 MILLION PEOPLE AS WELL AS 680,000 HECTARES OF CROPS
WERE AFFECTED.  HIGHWAYS, TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES,
DIKES AND DAMS SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE.

GUANGDONG PROVINCE
9.4 MILLION PEOPLE IN NINE COUNTIES (INCLUDING ZHANJIANG,
MAOMING AND YANGJIANG) AND 252 TOWNSHIPS WERE AFFECTED.
DEATH TOLL: 123, INJURED: 4,333, PERSONS EVACUATED:
80,000.
DAMAGE TO HOUSES: 181,000 DESTROYED, 718,000 DAMAGED.
CROP AREA AFFECTED: 366,000 HECTARES.

GUANGXI PROVINCE
6 MILLION PEOPLE IN SIXTEEN COUNTIES AND CITIES
(INCLUDING BEIHEI, QINZHOU, AND YULIN) WERE AFFECTED.
DEATH TOLL: 24, INJURED: 1,000, MISSING: 50, PERSONS
EVACUATED: 90,000.
DAMAGE TO HOUSES: 91,000 DESTROYED, 51,000 SERIOUSLY
DAMAGED.

3. GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AT ALL LEVELS ARE ENGAGED IN
RESCUE AND RELIEF WORK. NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL
ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE.

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