14 dead as typhoon rips through S. China
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AT least 14 people in southern China have been killed by Typhoon Rammasun.
The super typhoon, which has affected about 1.3 million people, first hit the island province of Hainan on Friday afternoon, before striking the mainland later on Friday and early yesterday.
The government ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from the storm, which is shaping up to be the strongest to hit southern China in 41 years.
It is expected to bring heavy rain today, before moving southwest and weakening tomorrow.
The typhoon, the heaviest since 1973, has hit several cities in Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan, tearing down trees and power lines and knocking out power grids.
It made its third landfall in Guangpo, Fangchenggang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, about 7:10am yesterday, the regional flood control headquarters said.
Gales and strong downpours struck a number of coastal cities, including Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang, felling trees and causing blackouts.
In Beihai, fallen trees and power lines blocked major roads and damaged buildings, with some roofs blown away.
Dai Yanhui, a Beihai resident, told Xinhua news agency that he felt his house shaking in the ferocious winds.
“It is the biggest typhoon I have experienced in years,” Dai said.
The typhoon paralyzed the power network in the city. As of 9am, it had not been restored.
In Fangchenggang, roads were strewn with garbage and trees.
Rammasun grounded planes in Nanning, the regional capital. By 9:30am, all inbound and outbound flights at Nanning Wuxu International Airport had been canceled or delayed, leaving 1,300 people stranded.
The typhoon made its first landfall at Wenchang City in Hainan 3:30pm on Friday, and a second in Zhanjiang City in south China’s Guangdong several hours later.
Typhoons are common at this time of year in the South China Sea, picking up strength from the warm waters and dissipating over land.
Flooding across a large swathe of southern China in the past week has already killed at least 34 people.
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