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| Deadly Typhoon Soudelor batters Taiwan | Deadly Typhoon Soudelor batters Taiwan |
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| Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead. | Powerful Typhoon Soudelor is battering Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead. |
| The storm - with winds of more than 230km/h (142mph) - made landfall on the eastern coast early on Saturday and is now moving across the island. | The storm - with winds of more than 230km/h (142mph) - made landfall on the eastern coast early on Saturday and is now moving across the island. |
| It is ripping up trees and tearing down billboards, and triggered a landslide in at least one village. | It is ripping up trees and tearing down billboards, and triggered a landslide in at least one village. |
| About two million households have been left without electricity. | About two million households have been left without electricity. |
| Rail services and flights have been cancelled and all schools and offices closed. | Rail services and flights have been cancelled and all schools and offices closed. |
| Taiwan's weather bureau says the typhoon is moving north-west, gradually losing its strength. | Taiwan's weather bureau says the typhoon is moving north-west, gradually losing its strength. |
| Among the victims were an eight-year-old girl and her mother who were swept out to sea. | Among the victims were an eight-year-old girl and her mother who were swept out to sea. |
| "I've never seen such a powerful typhoon in my 60 years," one resident in the eastern Taitung county told Taiwan's Formosa TV. | "I've never seen such a powerful typhoon in my 60 years," one resident in the eastern Taitung county told Taiwan's Formosa TV. |
| Ahead of Soudelour's arrival, the authorities evacuated thousands of people from their homes. | Ahead of Soudelour's arrival, the authorities evacuated thousands of people from their homes. |
| The storm is later expected to move into the Taiwan Strait and on to mainland China. | The storm is later expected to move into the Taiwan Strait and on to mainland China. |
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