A newspaper
called China Daily reported that an area in the southeast part of China
called Fujian province was hit by a typhoon that caused $240 million
in damages and killed 30 people.
The storm
happened on Saturday, October 10, 1999 and hit the city of Xiamen. The
report said that this was the worst storm to hit Xiamen in 46 years.
More than 200 people were hurt and more than 17,000 trees were knocked
down along with many buses that were overturned.
A typhoon
is what the people in the northwest Pacific call a hurricane. A hurricane
is usually about 400 miles across and has heavy rain and winds up to
125 miles per hour.
Water,
power, and gas were cut off to many people. Also, about 4,000 people
were stranded due to ruined roads or delayed railroad and air traffic
