(Bloomberg) — Super typhoon Rammasun slammed into China's southern provinces with deadly force, sending millions fleeing their homes and damaging power and water facilities, after battering the Philippines where the death toll rose to 94.
Seventeen people have been killed since the typhoon, the strongest to hit southern China in four decades, made landfall July 18, Xinhua News Agency reported today. Almost 5.6 million people in coastal Guangdong and Hainan provinces and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region were affected, Xinhua said, citing local civil affairs authorities.
The storm hit Hainan with winds gusting to 216 kilometers (134 miles) an hour, Xinhua said, citing the National Meteorological Center. Relief efforts are being hampered by damage to power and telecommunications networks, ports and roads, and water supplies, Xinhua reported.
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