Update | One Chinese villager dead and 32 others still missing after deadly Typhoon Megi triggers two landslides
Megi devastates two mainland villages in Zhejiang province after earlier killing five people – one person in Fujian province and four others in Taiwan
One Chinese villager was killed and at least 32 others are still missing in eastern Zhejiang province after their homes were hit by two landslides triggered by deadly Typhoon Megi on Wednesday.
A landslide struck Sucun village in Suichang county at about 5pm amid a heavy downpour, destroying about 20 of the 37 homes, mainland media reported.
By 10am on Thursday, 13 villagers had been rescued. The body of one unnamed villager was discovered on Thursday afternoon. The search was continuing for 26 other people, who were still missing, a Suichang official said.
Another six villagers were still missing at 7.30am on Thursday in the village of Baofeng, in Wencheng county, after their homes were hit by another landslide triggered by the typhoon on Wednesday night.
Suichang authorities had earlier ordered cadres to evacuate villagers in anticipation of the heavy rain, and the landslide took place in Sucun just as the last group of the residents was leaving, the provincial newspaper Qianjiang Evening News reported.