Typhoon Maysak kills two and forces thousands to evacuate in China
by Guardian staff and agencies in Beijing from World news | The Guardian on (#76SZ9)
Tropical storm causes extreme flooding in south of the country with heavy rainfall expected in coming days
A tropical storm has killed two people, caused dam breaches and forced tens of thousands to evacuate in southern China.
Typhoon Maysak killed two people in Nanning, in China's southern Guangxi province. Maysak, which lashed Vietnam and China's southern island province of Hainan over the weekend, will dump the water it sucked up on its way across the South China Sea as it weakens and heads inland, meteorologists say.
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