Typhoon hits eastern China, 18 people dead

Updated August 10 2019 - 8:33pm, first published 8:32pm
A million people were evacuated as Typhoon Lekima made landfall in eastern China on Saturday morning
A million people were evacuated as Typhoon Lekima made landfall in eastern China on Saturday morning

Eighteen people have been killed and 14 are missing in eastern China in a landslide triggered by a major typhoon, which caused widespread transport disruptions and the evacuation of more than one million people.

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