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Thailand:Typhoon:2002/04/29

Duration2002/04/29 A freak tropical storm has killed five people at Thailand's largest refugee camp.
Country or DistrictThailand
NameTyphoon

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Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Yahoo asia News 2002/04/29
Dead: 5 people




Around 40,000 Karen people live in shelters near the Myanmar border. The storm made damaged about 300 bamboo shelters as it tore through the camp some 540 km (338 miles) north of Bangkok.

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