Death toll grows after Typhoons hit Filippines, South China and USA

Typhoon Mangkhut barrelled into southern China on Sunday after lashing the northern Philippines with strong winds and heavy rain that left at least 64 people dead and dozens more feared buried in a landslide.

Police officers rescue a child from a flooded street during Typhoon Mangkhut in Lei Yu Mun, Hong Kong, China. Source: AAP

More than 2.4 million people had been evacuated in southern China’s Guangdong province by Sunday evening to flee the massive typhoon and nearly 50,000 fishing boats were called back to port, state media reported.

Death toll grows as Florence downgraded to tropical depression

Drone footage has been released showing the extensive flooding in Belhaven, North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence ripped through the town.

The storm’s death toll climbed to 17 as authorities said two people died from inhaling carbon monoxide from a generator in their South Carolina home. About 740,000 homes and businesses remained without power in the Carolinas, and utilities said some could be out for weeks.

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