Typhoon Krosa - Oct 2007

Typhoon Krosa, which wreaked havoc in Taiwan [on 6-7 October], brought strong winds, rain and floods to south-eastern China on Sunday and Monday, affecting more than five million people, officials said. Taiwan officials said the storm killed 18 people and caused at least 1.16 billion Taiwan dollars (35 million US) in agricultural losses. [...] Officials in China evacuated at least 1.41 million people in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, and floods caused by Krosa destroyed more than 1,650 houses in Zhejiang, the civil affairs ministry said. (DPA, 8 Oct 2007)