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Super Typhoon Lekima slams into southeast China

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Last Updated : Aug 10 2019 | 9:30 AM IST

Super Typhoon Lekima slammed into southeastern China early Saturday, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that knocked out power, downed thousands of trees and forced more than one million people from their homes, state media reported.

The monster storm made landfall in the early hours in Wenling City packing winds of 187 kilometres per hour (116 miles per hour), and was expected to churn up the east coast towards Shanghai, Xinhua news agency said. More heavy rain was forecast for the Shanghai area as well as the eastern provinces of

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First Published: Aug 10 2019 | 9:30 AM IST

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