SHANGHAI: Typhoon Aere slammed into China yesterday after killing at least 12 people in the region and forcing more than half a million Chinese to evacuate their homes and thousands of fishing boats to return to port.
Aere struck south-eastern Fujian province at 4.30pm with force 12 winds and was expected to move up into Zhejiang province, where Typhoon Rananim left 164 people dead and 1,800 injured just weeks ago, a weather bureau official said.
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