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Typhoon Neoguri kills 3 in China

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Published: April 21, 2008 at 12:52 AM

BEIJING, April 21 (UPI) -- Typhoon Neoguri, the first such storm to hit China this year, has killed at least three people in south Guangdong province, officials said.

Two of the victims died in a mud flow in Shenzen City Sunday, and the third died in Zhuhai city after being struck by an aluminum sheet blown off a stadium roof by strong winds, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The typhoon hit south China Saturday with heavy rains and strong winds.

Shantou city was pounded by heavy rains for more than 10 hours Sunday.

In Yangjiang city, where Neoguri landed, the storm affected about 274,000 people and flooded thousands of acres of farm land.

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