Storms in Asia are causing deaths and massive damage, with nine people dying in a storm-provoked mudslide in Japan and three dead in China in the wake of typhoon Morakot. The BBC carries startling footage of a several-stories beachfront hotel tumbling into the sea at the hot springs resort of Chihpen after its foundations were pulled away by the typhoon. The hotel was reportedly evacuated before it collapsed. ABC news Australia, Xinhua
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News story, GenevaLunch, 10 August 2009.
Filed under: World news
Tags: Asia, Morakot, storm, typhoon
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