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South China bracing for typhoon Eastern China lashed by typhoon
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Typhoon Sepat has battered Taiwan with winds and heavy rain and is heading for provinces of south China where hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing. Typhoon Sepat has reached China, where almost one million people have been evacuated in preparation, state media has reported.
It disrupted power to some 240,000 homes, uprooted trees and caused mudslides in Taiwan, forcing 1,800 people to evacuate, officials say. Winds of up to 119km/h (74mph) hit east China's Fujian province early on Sunday, toppling billboards and lifting roofs, Xinhua news agency said.
In China, more than 540,000 people have left low-lying areas and flights have been cancelled, state media reported. A tornado thought to be spawned by the typhoon killed nine people and injured more than 60 in Zhejiang province.
Nearly 300,000 were evacuated in Fujian where the storm is due on Saturday. Sepat battered Taiwan on Saturday, disrupting power and causing mudslides.
Sustained winds of 126km/h (78mph) were recorded off Taiwan early on Saturday, local meteorologists report. Some 1,800 people were evacuated from their homes.
Of the homes hit initially by power cuts, nearly 95,000 remained without electricity on Saturday, officials say. Torrential rains
There are unconfirmed reports of one fatality in Taiwan from Sepat, which earlier blew through the Philippines. More than 540,000 people were moved from their homes in Fujian, and 370,000 were evacuated in the provinces of Zhejiang and Guangdong, emergency officials told Xinhua.
In China, the provinces of Zhejiang and Guangdong are also braced for the typhoon which is forecast to spread rain as far north as Shanghai. More than 100 domestic and international flights were cancelled and many major roads in the area were closed.
Sepat is expected to hit China's coast with sustained winds of 144kp/h (90mph), according to Chinese media. Since the storm hit China, at 0200 local time (1800 GMT on Saturday), torrential rains have been reported in the coastal cities of Wenzhou, Pingyang and Taishun.
Forecasters say the storm is heading north-west, towards Jiangxi province.
On Saturday, meteorologists in Taiwan recorded sustained winds of 126km/h (78mph) off the country's coast.
There were unconfirmed reports of one death in Taiwan from Sepat, which earlier blew through the Philippines.
The typhoon is named after a species of fish.The typhoon is named after a species of fish.