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Eastern China lashed by typhoon | |
(about 19 hours later) | |
Typhoon Sepat has reached China, where almost one million people have been evacuated in preparation, state media has reported. | |
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. | |
A tornado thought to be spawned by the typhoon killed nine people and injured more than 60 in Zhejiang province. | |
Sepat battered Taiwan on Saturday, disrupting power and causing mudslides. | |
Some 1,800 people were evacuated from their homes. | |
Torrential rains | |
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. | |
More than 100 domestic and international flights were cancelled and many major roads in the area were closed. | |
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. |