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Deadly typhoon hits China

10:47 am on 10 August 2015

At least a dozen people have died in mudslides and floods caused by Typhoon Souledor in eastern China, authorities say.

Typhoon Souledor shown from the International Space Station Photo: AFP

Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated as it approached, and thousands more left their homes as it moved north up the coast.

Some areas got more than half a metre of rain in 24 hours - the heaviest for a century.

Earlier, the typhoon caused similar devastation in Taiwan, where it killed five people.