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| Super typhoon Nepartak: six dead in China as tens of thousands flee storm | |
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| A tropical storm in China has killed six people, with at least eight more missing, reports said, after super typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan. | A tropical storm in China has killed six people, with at least eight more missing, reports said, after super typhoon Nepartak lashed Taiwan. |
| By late Sunday more than 200,000 residents in 10 mainland cities had been temporarily relocated and 1,900 homes destroyed, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the civil affairs ministry. | By late Sunday more than 200,000 residents in 10 mainland cities had been temporarily relocated and 1,900 homes destroyed, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the civil affairs ministry. |
| Power was cut for hundreds of thousands in the south-eastern province of Fujian, while five airports were closed and hundreds of high-speed train journeys cancelled, the Global Times newspaper reported on Monday. | Power was cut for hundreds of thousands in the south-eastern province of Fujian, while five airports were closed and hundreds of high-speed train journeys cancelled, the Global Times newspaper reported on Monday. |
| The economic cost was estimated at 860m yuan (£99m). | The economic cost was estimated at 860m yuan (£99m). |
| Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. | Nepartak brought chaos to Taiwan on Friday, forcing more than 15,000 people to flee their homes as part of the island saw its strongest winds in over a century. |
| It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian on Saturday but still caused havoc, with pictures showing cars upended, buildings ripped apart and towns swamped in mud. | It had weakened into a tropical storm by the time it made landfall in Fujian on Saturday but still caused havoc, with pictures showing cars upended, buildings ripped apart and towns swamped in mud. |
| In Taiwan, Nepartak killed three people and injured more than 300, according to the island’s central emergency operation centre. | In Taiwan, Nepartak killed three people and injured more than 300, according to the island’s central emergency operation centre. |
| China’s national meteorological centre on Monday put out a blue alert for heavy rain across 14 provinces and regions – the lowest in a four-tiered warning system. | China’s national meteorological centre on Monday put out a blue alert for heavy rain across 14 provinces and regions – the lowest in a four-tiered warning system. |