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Typhoon Fitow kills 10 in eastern China

Typhoon Fitow has brought heavy rains to eastern China, with 10 people reported to have died and hundreds of thousands still without power.

Workers try to push a vehicle trapped on a flooded street

Typhoon Fitow has brought heavy rains to eastern China, with 10 people reported to have died. (AAP)

Ten people have died after a typhoon slammed into China's east coast, including a family of three who were all killed by electric shocks.

Five others are still missing after Typhoon Fitow brought heavy rains to Zhejiang province, Xinhua news agency reports, citing local authorities.

Fitow made landfall early on Monday, on affecting about seven million people in 11 cities in Zhejiang, with houses torn down and grain flooded.

In Wenzhou city, the storm claimed at least 10 lives - eight of whom died of electric shocks, including the three family members, the agency reported late on Wednesday, citing a statement from the local government.

Two others died after their car plunged into a river.

Parts of Zhejiang, which neighbours the commercial hub Shanghai, saw nearly 29 centimetres of rain over 17 hours from Sunday to Monday, the official China News Service says.

On Wednesday, Xinhua said the rain had flooded roads and houses, causing river breaches and power failures, with more than 250,000 people still without power that morning.


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