Ten people were killed and 11 remain missing as of Monday at a county in east China's Fujian Province amid strong rain brought by Typhoon Nepartak.
The typhoon landed in Fujian on Saturday afternoon and faded into a tropical depression early on Sunday.
It brought torrential rains to Minqing County, causing casualties and economic loss totalling 2.2 billion yuan (about 320 million US dollars), the local government said.
A total of 34,400 people were evacuated and some 1,000 people had to be rescued in Minqing, according to (Xinhua) news agency.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said earlier that the typhoon had left nine people dead and 18 missing in Fujian. A total of 213,000 people in the province have been evacuated.
Source: QNA
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