Typhoon leaves 29 dead in southeast
Typhoon Sepat brought intense winds and rain and triggered landslides that have killed at least 29 people in southeastern China, the official New China News Agency said.
High winds and downpours slammed Jiangxi province, and a farmer was killed in Yongfeng County, which had received 15.71 inches of rain, the agency said.
Sepat struck Fujian province Sunday, bringing rain and causing landslides that killed 15 and left 11 missing, the news agency said. In Zhejiang province, Sepat had caused 13 deaths.
Earlier, the storm, named after a Malaysian fish, killed at least one person in Taiwan and three in the Philippines.
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