Helicopters rescue typhoon stranded
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Rescue helicopters plucked to safety 25 residents in a typhoon-hit northeastern Chinese city on Saturday, as the death toll in China from the two typhoons rose to six.
In the northeastern Liaoning Province - one of the seven provinces affected by typhoons Damrey and Saola - state television showed two rescue helicopter crews plucking to safety stranded residents in Liaoyang city, where floodwaters reached at least half a floor's height.
About 1.46 million people in Liaoning Province were affected, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday (August 5).
It added that nation-wide another two people were reported missing.
Rescue helicopters plucked to safety 25 residents in a typhoon-hit northeastern Chinese city on Saturday, as the death toll in China from the two typhoons rose to six.
In the northeastern Liaoning Province - one of the seven provinces affected by typhoons Damrey and Saola - state television showed two rescue helicopter crews plucking to safety stranded residents in Liaoyang city, where floodwaters reached at least half a floor's height.
About 1.46 million people in Liaoning Province were affected, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday (August 5).
It added that nation-wide another two people were reported missing.
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