The typhoon lost strength and became a tropical storm after its landfall around 5am. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes and vehicles were swept away in floods as storms from now weakened Typhoon Haikui made landfall in China's southeastern Fujian province early on Tuesday afterAbout 114,400 people were moved from risky areas as the typhoon rolled in with a maximum wind speed of 20m per second.
Furniture were seen bobbing up and down in the floodwaters. Vehicles were swept away in the currents and some cars stranded in waterlogged areas were completely submerged, social media posts showed. Schools in Fuzhou city as well as in Xiamen, Quanzhou and Putian were also shut. The typhoon lost strength and became a tropical storm after its landfall around 5am, the national forecaster reported. It was last reported to be moving over southern Guangdong province, and forecasters expect it to continue to weaken.barrelled into southern Guangdong province
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