 Bilis and its associated flooding left over 400 @,@ 000 people homeless , and over 2 million more had to be evacuated in the face of rising waters . Following the storm , the Red Cross Society of China provided food , blankets , and water purification kits to over 100 @,@ 000 Hunan residents in mass evacuation shelters . The relief effort was complicated by an earthquake in Yunnan , as well as three more tropical cyclones : Typhoon Kaemi , Typhoon Prapiroon , and Typhoon Saomai . All of the storms were stronger than Bilis , and exacerbated flooding and other problems in the region . 
