Severe damage and casualties as Super Typhoon Rammasun pummels southern China
One person dies, 60,000 are evacuated and hundreds of flights cancelled as South China's strongest storm in 40 years makes landfall
South China's strongest typhoon in four decades made landfall in Hainan yesterday afternoon, leading to one fatality, the evacuation of hundreds of thousands and the cancellation of hundreds of flights, state media reported.
Super Typhoon Rammasun ploughed into Wengtian, a town on the northeastern tip of the island, at about 3.30pm, packing winds of up to 216km/h, according the National Meteorological Centre.
Watch: Super Typhoon Rammasun hits southern China, bringing heavy rain, winds
By 7.30pm, the typhoon had arrived in Guangdong, cutting power to Xuwen , a town of 730,000 residents. It was expected to veer south to Guangxi early this morning and move into northern Vietnam.
A man was killed by debris as his house collapsed in Wengtian, Xinhua reported.