Tropical storm sweeps ashore in China
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-14 08:50

BEIJING - A tropical storm swept ashore in southern China on Saturday bringing heavy rain a week after a typhoon tore up the east coast killing three people and causing havoc, Reuters reported.

Pedestrians walk against gust in the streets of Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, August 13, 2005. [newsphoto]

Severe tropical storm Sanvu slapped the Chenghai area of the city of Shantou in Guangdong province with powerful gusts, the 10th such storm to hit the country this year.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

"The storm will move northwestward at an estimated speed of 20 km (12 miles) per hour and will bring rainstorms to the eastern part of the province," Xinhua news agency said.

Guangdong and the neighbouring province of Fujian have battened down the hatches but Sanvu, less powerful than a typhoon, is expected to lose power over land.

Typhoon Matsa swept up the coast last week killing three people and forcing more than a million people to flee their homes.

Typhoons, known as hurricanes in the West, gather strength from warm sea water and tend to dissipate after making landfall.

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