Three dead, four missing as typhoon Koppu hits southern China
20:49, 16 September 2009
GUANGZHOU. September 16. KAZINFORM Three people have been killed and four others remain missing as typhoon Koppu slammed its way into south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said Wednesday, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Three people in Chuanbu Township in Luoding City were killed and four others in Xinyi City were missing at 6 p.m. Wednesday, said a Guangdong Flooding and Drought Relief Headquarters news release.
The typhoon, the 15th this year, has brought heavy rains to the province. Although it relieved the lingering drought in north and east Guangdong, the rain was also causing disruption.
Houses in Yangchun, Xinyi and Luoding cities had been destroyed by typhoon-triggered landslides, the news release said, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn