| Event: | TC Tropical Cyclone |
| Number: | 2007-000137 |
| Country: | CHN China, People's Republic |
| Location: | Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang |
| Date (YMD): | 2007-8-19 |
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| Information Source: | Xinhua "Death toll in E China rises to 29 from impact of Typhoon Sepat"
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-08/20/content_6572246.htm
Reuters AlertNet "Sepat loses steam, heads to inland China"
http://www.glidenumber.net/glide/public/search/details.jsp?glide=17709
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| Comments: | The typhoon Sepat, which made landfall Fujian province on 19th, has claimed at least 29 lives, affected millions of people, destroyed more than a thousand of houses so far as of August 20. Most affected areas are Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang province where landslides caused by trential rain also brought human loss as well as economic loss. In the Zhejiang province, a tornado that claimed 11 lives and smashed 156 houses is also observed.
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TC-2007-000137-TWN
Tropical Cyclone,Taiwan (China): Typhoon Sepat underwent rapid intensification in the afternoon of 16th August, 2007, and it landed Taiwan at 5:40am 18th August. After that the power of the super typhoon was reduced, but still prevailing, leaving power shortage in the mountainside villages of Xin Yi, Nantou county (central Taiwan); floods in Tai Shi village, Yunlin county (southwest of Taiwan). The power of Sepat has been down to a tropical storm after it left Taiwan at around 02:30pm 19th August, and at the same time the typhoon alarm was canceled. An estimated agricultural loss of NTD832million (equivalent to CHF30.4million)was calculated .
LS-2007-000137-CHN
Land Slide,China, People's Republic: Downpours brought by the typhoon Sepat caused landslides, which have killed at least 17 and left 11 missing in three provinces, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang
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Tropical Cyclone,(Non-Localized): Typhoon Sepat (T0708)
TC-2007-000137-PHL
Tropical Cyclone,Philippines: Heavy rain soaked Manila and the northern Philippines on 15th August as Typhoon Sepat skirted northeast of the archipelago, triggering evacuations and flood warnings. Nearly 390,000 people had been affected by flooding in Manila and northern provinces and more than 2,500 people were being housed in evacuation centres.
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