Gale in Turpan On February 28,a gale(up to 41.8 meters per second)in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region blew 11 train cars off the track,killing four and disrupting rail traffic for nine hours. Typhoon Sepat On August 19,Typhoon Sepat slammed into southern Fujian Province after hitting Taiwan on August 18.The ensuing storms,downpours and landslides affected 114.2 million people in seven southern provinces,and left a death toll of 51 and direct economic losses of 10.3 billion yuan($1.4 billion).
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