Zhang Shi Qiu sits on the rubble of her destroyed house after it was hit by a typhoon in Cangnan, China August 11, 2006. Typhoon Saomai, the most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades, raged across the southeastern coast Thursday, claiming at least 111 lives as it capsized ships, destroyed buildings and forced 1.5 million people from their homes. [Reuters]

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