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Flooding Moves North Across Asia

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Bill Dorman

Published September 22, 2014 at 12:02 AM HST

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A tropical storm moving north in Asia is leaving a trail of destruction. Tropical Storm Fung-Wong has already killed more than a dozen people…and forced thousands more from their homes. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

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