Typhoon&nbsp;Doksuri tore a destructive path across central Vietnam on Friday, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, whipping off roofs and knocking out power in<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/flights-grounded-as-strong-typhoon-hits-near-tokyo-5334" target="_blank"> the country&#39;s most powerful storm in years.</a>

<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/typhoon-hato-leaves-16-dead-after-lashing-macau-hong-kong-19405" target="_blank">One man was killed when he slipped </a>as he was trying to shore up his restaurant, media said. Another drowned in heavy rain that preceded the arrival of the storm on Thursday.

Nearly 80,000 people had been evacuated from Vietnam&#39;s densely populated coastal strip in preparation for Doksuri. Winds exceeded 130 km (80 miles) per hour, according to Vietnam&#39;s meteorological agency.

&quot;It looks terrible, worse than war time,&quot; said Tran Thi Hong, principal of the Ky Xuan kindergarten in Ha Tinh province, which lost its entire roof in the storm. &quot;I could just cry, it took us so long to build this school,&quot; she said.

Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces bore the brunt of the storm and power cuts were widespread after the wind brought down electricity poles along with trees and billboards.

In Quang Binh, some 200,000 houses had been flooded or submerged, 5,000 had lost their roofs and 20 had collapsed, Le Minh Ngan, the vice chairman of the local People&#39;s Committee, told state television.

Four fishing boats sank as they were making their way back to land, state radio said. Many fishermen had dragged their small wooden boats into the streets of coastal towns to try to stop them from being carried away.

Around 40 flights were cancelled between the capital, Hanoi, in northern Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial hub in the south.

The eye of the storm skirted Vietnam&#39;s most important coffee growing areas and the rains it brought were largely seen as beneficial to the trees, coffee traders said. Rice farmers had rushed to gather in what they could before Doksuri struck.

From Vietnam, the storm was expected to lose power as it headed towards the remote hills of eastern Laos, one of Southeast Asia&#39;s poorest countries.

Vietnam often suffers from destructive storms. Floods in northern Vietnam killed at least 26 people and washed away hundreds of homes in August. Last year, more than 200 people were killed in storms.

One man was killed when he slipped as he was trying to shore up his restaurant

Typhoon Doksuri tore a destructive path across central Vietnam on Friday, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, whipping off roofs and knocking out power in the country's most powerful storm in years. One man was killed when he slipped as he was trying to shore up his restaurant, media said. Another drowned in heavy rain that preceded the arrival of the storm on Thursday. Nearly 80,000 people had been evacuated from Vietnam's densely populated coastal strip in preparation for Doksuri. Winds exceeded 130 km (80 miles) per hour, according to Vietnam's meteorological agency. "It looks terrible, worse than war time," said Tran Thi Hong, principal of the Ky Xuan kindergarten in Ha Tinh province, which lost its entire roof in the storm. "I could just cry, it took us so long to build this school," she said. Ha Tinh and Quang Binh provinces bore the brunt of the storm and power cuts were widespread after the wind brought down electricity poles along with trees and billboards. In Quang Binh, some 200,000 houses had been flooded or submerged, 5,000 had lost their roofs and 20 had collapsed, Le Minh Ngan, the vice chairman of the local People's Committee, told state television. Four fishing boats sank as they were making their way back to land, state radio said. Many fishermen had dragged their small wooden boats into the streets of coastal towns to try to stop them from being carried away. Around 40 flights were cancelled between the capital, Hanoi, in northern Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, the commercial hub in the south. The eye of the storm skirted Vietnam's most important coffee growing areas and the rains it brought were largely seen as beneficial to the trees, coffee traders said. Rice farmers had rushed to gather in what they could before Doksuri struck. From Vietnam, the storm was expected to lose power as it headed towards the remote hills of eastern Laos, one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries. Vietnam often suffers from destructive storms. Floods in northern Vietnam killed at least 26 people and washed away hundreds of homes in August. Last year, more than 200 people were killed in storms.

Typhoon in central Vietnam, several areas flooded

A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China&nbsp;on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest natural disaster to hit the country, according to the local government. 
 
Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including the two who died, in a township in Bijie city in the southwest Guizhou province, authorities said in a statement on their official website. 
 
Search efforts are ongoing and local authorities sent tents, quilts and camp beds to the site, the agency said. 
 
Video of the landslide posted to the Twitter account of the official People`s Daily showed the side of a hill collapsing, with dirt rushing across the outskirts of the town as onlookers shouted in fright. 
 
Another video showed people standing on top of massive boulders. 
 
Landslides are a frequent danger in rural and mountainous parts of China, particularly after heavy rain. 
 
In June and August, massive <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/hopes-dim-in-search-for-118-buried-by-china-landslide-17238">landslides in southwestern Sichuan</a> province killed more than 30 and left scores missing.&nbsp; 
 
In July, 63 people were killed by landslides and floods in the central province of Hunan. Some 1.6 million people were forced from their homes.

Last week, powerful <a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/typhoon-hato-leaves-16-dead-after-lashing-macau-hong-kong-19405">Typhoon Hato killed 18 people</a> as it tore across southern China, including Hong Kong and Macau.

Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including the two who died

A landslide struck some 34 homes in southwest China on Monday, killing two people and leaving another 25 missing in the latest natural disaster to hit the country, according to the local government. Rescuers pulled six people out of the rubble, including the two who died, in a township in Bijie city in the southwest Guizhou province, authorities said in a statement on their official website. Search efforts are ongoing and local authorities sent tents, quilts and camp beds to the site, the agency said. Video of the landslide posted to the Twitter account of the official People`s Daily showed the side of a hill collapsing, with dirt rushing across the outskirts of the town as onlookers shouted in fright. Another video showed people standing on top of massive boulders. Landslides are a frequent danger in rural and mountainous parts of China, particularly after heavy rain. In June and August, massive landslides in southwestern Sichuan province killed more than 30 and left scores missing. In July, 63 people were killed by landslides and floods in the central province of Hunan. Some 1.6 million people were forced from their homes. Last week, powerful Typhoon Hato killed 18 people as it tore across southern China, including Hong Kong and Macau.

Two dead, 25 missing in China landslide

The death toll from Severe Typhoon Hato rose to at least 16 Thursday after the storm left a trail of destruction across southern China, blacking out Macau&#39;s mega-casinos and battering Hong Kong&#39;s skyscrapers.

Eight died in the gambling hub of Macau, where local media showed cars underwater and people swimming along what are normally streets. The enclave&#39;s famed mega-casinos were running on backup generators.

A man was killed after being injured by a wall that blew down, another fell from a fourth floor terrace and one was hit by a truck.

The Macau government said two bodies were found in a flooded carpark early Thursday, but details on the remaining victims were not immediately available.

Footage published Thursday on the website of Apple Daily showed water gushing into an underground carpark, with people wading through neck-deep water littered with debris as one man shouted in panic. It was not clear if it was the same carpark where the bodies had been found.&nbsp;

&quot;I have never seen Macau like this since I came here in the 70s,&quot; a taxi driver aged in his 50s who gave his name as Lao told AFP.&nbsp;

He added he thought authorities had reacted too slowly and did not do enough to alert residents of the coming storm.

&quot;It&#39;s like they were trying to gamble with their luck... because Macau had been lucky before,&quot; he added, saying there was not enough time for residents to prepare or buy groceries.

The enclave&#39;s sprawling Venetian casino resort had been on back-up power Wednesday and without air conditioning or proper lighting, according to one source.

A member of staff at the Grand Lisboa Hotel in central Macau told AFP Thursday that it was still without electricity and water and that its casino and restaurants were closed following the typhoon.

The city&#39;s gambling industry generated over 220 billion patacas ($27.29 billion) in revenue in 2016, over half of its annual GDP, as it hosted more than 30 million visitors.

AFP reporters saw debris scattered on roads, with a shipping container washed up on its side on one street in front of a temple.&nbsp;

Thousands evacuated 
 
Residents holding plastic buckets were also seen queueing for water from fire hydrants.

Ferry services between Macau and Hong Kong resumed Thursday morning but passengers said they experienced delays.

In Hong Kong, Hato -- whose name is Japanese for &quot;pigeon&quot; -- sparked the most severe Typhoon 10 warning, only the third time a storm of this power has pounded the financial hub in the past 20 years.

The city could have suffered losses of HK$8 billion ($1.02 billion), Chinese University of Hong Kong economics professor Terence Chong told AFP, referring to the value of its daily GDP.

More than 120 were injured as the city was lashed with hurricane winds and pounding rain. However, one 83-year-old man earlier thought to be a victim of the weather had committed suicide during the typhoon.

In the neighbouring southern Chinese province of Guangdong, at least eight people have died, state broadcaster CCTV reported, while &nbsp;around 27,000 were evacuated to temporary shelters, the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly two million households were briefly without power.

CCTV said four of the mainland deaths had occurred in Zhuhai, three in Zhongshan and one in Jiangmen.&nbsp;

In Zhuhai, which borders Macau, some 275 homes had collapsed, with the typhoon causing an estimated 5.5 billion yuan ($826 million) in damage, according to state-run Beijing News.

Hong Kong and the surrounding region is regularly battered by typhoons between July and October.

The city saw its strongest storm in 1962 when the eye of Typhoon Wanda passed over and gusts of 284 kilometres per hour were recorded.

It killed 130 and left 72,000 people homeless in Hong Kong alone. 
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The storm left a trail of destruction across southern China and battered Hong Kong skyscrapers

The death toll from Severe Typhoon Hato rose to at least 16 Thursday after the storm left a trail of destruction across southern China, blacking out Macau's mega-casinos and battering Hong Kong's skyscrapers. Eight died in the gambling hub of Macau, where local media showed cars underwater and people swimming along what are normally streets. The enclave's famed mega-casinos were running on backup generators. A man was killed after being injured by a wall that blew down, another fell from a fourth floor terrace and one was hit by a truck. The Macau government said two bodies were found in a flooded carpark early Thursday, but details on the remaining victims were not immediately available. Footage published Thursday on the website of Apple Daily showed water gushing into an underground carpark, with people wading through neck-deep water littered with debris as one man shouted in panic. It was not clear if it was the same carpark where the bodies had been found. "I have never seen Macau like this since I came here in the 70s," a taxi driver aged in his 50s who gave his name as Lao told AFP. He added he thought authorities had reacted too slowly and did not do enough to alert residents of the coming storm. "It's like they were trying to gamble with their luck... because Macau had been lucky before," he added, saying there was not enough time for residents to prepare or buy groceries. The enclave's sprawling Venetian casino resort had been on back-up power Wednesday and without air conditioning or proper lighting, according to one source. A member of staff at the Grand Lisboa Hotel in central Macau told AFP Thursday that it was still without electricity and water and that its casino and restaurants were closed following the typhoon. The city's gambling industry generated over 220 billion patacas ($27.29 billion) in revenue in 2016, over half of its annual GDP, as it hosted more than 30 million visitors. AFP reporters saw debris scattered on roads, with a shipping container washed up on its side on one street in front of a temple. Thousands evacuated Residents holding plastic buckets were also seen queueing for water from fire hydrants. Ferry services between Macau and Hong Kong resumed Thursday morning but passengers said they experienced delays. In Hong Kong, Hato -- whose name is Japanese for "pigeon" -- sparked the most severe Typhoon 10 warning, only the third time a storm of this power has pounded the financial hub in the past 20 years. The city could have suffered losses of HK$8 billion ($1.02 billion), Chinese University of Hong Kong economics professor Terence Chong told AFP, referring to the value of its daily GDP. More than 120 were injured as the city was lashed with hurricane winds and pounding rain. However, one 83-year-old man earlier thought to be a victim of the weather had committed suicide during the typhoon. In the neighbouring southern Chinese province of Guangdong, at least eight people have died, state broadcaster CCTV reported, while around 27,000 were evacuated to temporary shelters, the official Xinhua news agency said. Nearly two million households were briefly without power. CCTV said four of the mainland deaths had occurred in Zhuhai, three in Zhongshan and one in Jiangmen. In Zhuhai, which borders Macau, some 275 homes had collapsed, with the typhoon causing an estimated 5.5 billion yuan ($826 million) in damage, according to state-run Beijing News. Hong Kong and the surrounding region is regularly battered by typhoons between July and October. The city saw its strongest storm in 1962 when the eye of Typhoon Wanda passed over and gusts of 284 kilometres per hour were recorded. It killed 130 and left 72,000 people homeless in Hong Kong alone.

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