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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 has swept across Taiwan with strong winds and heavy rain, leaving at least four people dead and four missing.
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 weakened over the island but remains powerful as it heads for China, prompting the evacuation of more than 150,000 people on the mainland's coast.
It is ripping up trees and tearing down billboards, and triggered a landslide in at least one village. Rail services and flights have been cancelled in the path of the storm, and schools and offices closed.
About two million households have been left without electricity. Millions of homes have been left without electricity.
Rail services and flights have been cancelled and all schools and offices closed. Soudelor - with winds of more than 230km/h (142mph) - made landfall on the eastern coast of Taiwan early on Saturday.
Taiwan's weather bureau says the typhoon is moving north-west, gradually losing its strength. It ripped up trees and tore down billboards, and triggered a landslide in at least one village.
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. Another 101 people were injured.
"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. The typhoon gradually lost its strength as it crossed the island, but was still packing winds of up to 144km/h (89mph) over the strait between Taiwan and China.
The storm is later expected to move into the Taiwan Strait and on to mainland China. Fujian province in south-east China raised its typhoon alert to the highest level, calling it a "serious threat", with at least 163,000 people evacuated to higher ground.
There are reports of more evacuations in neighbouring Zhejiang province.
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