Disasters brought by Typhoon Haima have affected 1.69 million people in south China's Guangdong Province, the provincial civil affairs department said.
Typhoon Haima barreled into Guangdong Friday, triggering sudden downpours in several cities. There have been no reports of casualties following the timely evacuation of 668,000 people to safer areas.
The department has received reports of damage toRead more
Typhoon Haima, the strongest storm to hit the Philippines in three years, killed at least 12 people and inundated vast tracts of rice and corn fields, officials in Manila said on Friday, before it took aim at Hong Kong.
Philippine authorities said they were assessing the extent of damage to infrastructure and crops, but confirmed that thousands of hectares ofRead more
At least five people have been killed in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Haima hit the country. The storm, which brought sustained winds of up to 225km/h (140mph), made landfall over Cagayan in the north on Wednesday.
Nearly 100,000 people were evacuated from threatened areas as the storm approached, according to the (BBC). There was widespread damage overnight, withRead more