Watch: Typhoon Nepartak causes large scale destruction in south eastern China
The typhoon landed in Taiwan on Friday and then travelled to China’s South-eastern Fujian and Jiangxi provinces.
Floating cars, broken bridges, and water filled roads. The video above shows drone footage of the devastation caused by typhoon Nepartak in China’s Fujian province. Nepartak hit Taiwan on Friday, travelling from there on to south-eastern China. While Taiwan experienced the full fury of the typhoon, by the time it hit Fujian on Saturday, it had weakened into a strong tropical storm, still powerful enough to cause the damage seen here.
Chinese new agency Xinhua reported that at least 6 people were killed, and 8 remain missing. The scale of property loss is much greater, with almost 2000 homes destroyed. The economic loss is estimated at 860 million yuan.
Associated Press reported quoting the Fujian's water resources department that more than 438,000 people had been relocated. Hundreds of flights and trains were canceled, and damaged power stations left swaths of the province without electricity. In Jiangxi province 500 people were evacuated.
Southern China has received unusually heavy rainfall for the past few months, leading to flooding. Since June 30, 164 people have been killed by floods, hail and landslides, according to official sources.