A villager in Cangnan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, points at houses ruined by the gales brought by typhoon Saomai Friday, August 11, 2006. 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. [Xinhua]

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