Typhoon Son-Tinh: 1 dead, 5 injured in China

Beijing: One person was killed and five others went missing in the devastation caused by Typhoon Son-Tinh in China’s southern Hainan province, uprooting over 1.26 million people. Rainstorms and heavy winds have forced 52,000 people to relocate, according to the provincial civil affairs bureau. [caption id=“attachment_510802” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] The Nam Dinh television tower which collapsed due to Typhoon Son-Tinh in Nam Dinh city in China. Reuters[/caption] The wind and rain have damaged 44,700 hectares of farmland and 1,320 houses, as well as caused direct economic losses of 990 million yuan (USD 158.69 million), state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the bureau as saying. Typhoon Son-Tinh landed in China’s southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Monday, bringing gales and heavy rains that forced the evacuation of 27,300 people, the regional civil affairs department said. PTI