Typhoon Conson hits southern China
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
Typhoon Conson has arrived in southern China after hitting the Philippines, where 38 people were killed.
Chinese state media said Conson had made landfall on the southern tip of the island province of Hainan.
Two people were killed after being hit by falling giant billboards in two separate incidents, Xinhua said.
The storm is expected to add to the worst floods in China in more than a decade, which have already killed 135 people so far this month.
More than 35 million people across China have been hit by the poor weather and 1.2 million have been relocated.
Conson is expected to cross more of south-western China before arriving in northern Vietnam, where about 200,000 people have fled their homes.
Conson had been downgraded to a tropical storm after it left the Philippines but strengthened into a typhoon again late on Thursday before hitting the city of Sanya on Hainan late on Friday.
Flights, shipping and ferries were suspended as the storm approached the island, which is popular with tourists. About 24,000 fishing boats were recalled to their ports.