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Matsa kills seven, causes billions in losses
The provincial government has set aside 36 million yuan (US$4.44 million) for disaster relief. In Shipu township of Ningbo, the streets were chaotic, with debris everywhere and shop signs blown down on Saturday afternoon, when the storm was reduced to drizzle. Several wire poles were knocked down, some broken into pieces. "Thirty-four power arteries in the county have been cut by the storm since Friday night," a local rescue worker told China Daily. In Ningbo's Beilun District, the storm tore open the roof of a gymnasium where matches for the Women's Volleyball World Championship Asia Qualifying Tournament were being held. The organizers were forced to choose another venue for the remaining matches. In Shanghai, which was about 300 kilometres north of the storm centre, four were killed and two injured. Among them, two died from electric shocks yesterday morning when using water-soaked appliances. The city's two airports, Hongqiao and Pudong, were closed, and most international flights were cancelled until 4 am yesterday. The nearly 30-hour closure of the airports affected 1,000 flights. The storm brought the heaviest rain in nine years, with the average rainfall above 150 millimetres. The mass-transit Line One metro suspended service for more than 4 hours yesterday morning as rainwater ran into it. In Anhui, one person died and 763,000 people were affected, Xinhua reported.
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