After typhoon "Talim" left 85 people dead in China and Taiwan, a second tropical storm was threatening to hit the eastern coast of China Sunday, dpa reported. The coastal province of Zhejiang was preparing for tropical storm "Nabi", which was expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall, state media reported. Zhejiang has yet to recover from the previous typhoon after landslides and floods claimed 14 lives in Wenzhou city. More than 10,000 homes were destroyed in the province, and the city of Wencheng, where 260 millimetres of rain fell over a five-hour period causing several landslides, reported "the worst floods of this century". Damage is estimated at billions of dollars. In the inland province of Anhui, at least 53 people died in unusually heavy rainstorms, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Provincial sources reported 12 others missing. Disasters caused by the typhoon have hit 5.21 million people forcing the relocation of more than 390,000 residents, according to the provincial production and disaster relief office. --more 0011 Local Time 2111 GMT
