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China: passage of the typhoon provokes closing of the airports

Almost 2000 flights cancelled between yesterday and today

Due to the passage of the "Mangkhut" typhoon in southern China at least 4 people died -which added to the 64 deaths in the Philippines- while the damage caused to the infrastructure and to the cities were huge. It was the most powerful tropical storm of the year and caused the evacuation of 3.1 million people, in addition to the closure for two days of all airports in the affected areas causing the...

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Hong Kong, 09/17/2018 12:07
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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