Via Drudge. NINGDE, China (Reuters) - A "super typhoon", the strongest to hit China in half a century, slammed into the coast on Thursday killing at least two people, injuring more than 80 and forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Typhoon Saomai, one of three storms to hit East Asia in the past few days, made landfall in the southeastern province of Zhejiang, hitting Cangnan county just after a state of emergency was declared, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. It destroyed more than 1,000 houses, plunged almost all the county into darkness and knocked out nearly half of local communication links.
All together now: I blame Bush!