Typhoon Soudelor kills 14 in mainland China
Typhoon lashes eastern provinces with parts of country hit by heaviest rains in a century
Typhoon Soudelor killed 14 people in eastern China and four are missing after parts of the country were hit by the heaviest rains in a century, state media reported.
Twelve of the casualties were reported in and around Wenzhou in the province of Zhejiang where downpours caused mudslides and several houses collapsed on Saturday night, the state-run Xinhua news agency said.
It added that in the neighbouring city of Lishui, two people were also killed.
Xinhua quoted local disaster relief officials as saying the dead and missing may have been washed away by floods or buried under ruined homes.
About 1.58 million people in the city were affected by the typhoon by Sunday afternoon, the agency said, estimating direct economic losses at 4 billion yuan (HK$6.2 billion).
