Typhoon Bailu makes landfall in China
Typhoon Bailu
- We are providing food, water and shelter to the victims of the storm.
- More than 48,000 people were evacuated before Typhoon Bailu made landfall in China early Sunday.
- Typhoon Bailu made landfall in East China's Fujian province on Sunday after killing at least one person in Taiwan and two in the Philippines.
- An 18-year-old motorcycle rider died shortly before midnight in Tainan, Taiwan, after hitting a fallen tree, a disaster response official said. At least nine people have been injured in Taiwan, including a 79-year-old man who was knocked off his motorcycle and another man of the same age injured by glass that sprayed into his home, the government's disaster response center said.
- Eighteen people, including 14 tourists, were stranded by a landslide in Taiwan on Saturday. Most of the tourists were in Hualien county, which saw as much as 23 inches of rain since Thursday.
- About 450 people were evacuated around the island and 12,000 households were without power late Saturday afternoon.
- In the Philippines, a 17-year-old girl died when her family's house in Ilocos Norte collapsed after it was hit by a landslide Saturday, Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, reported. Two other children, ages 11 and 9, in another village also were injured in a landslide.
- A 37-year-old man in Laoag City died in floodwaters that also hit the northern Philippine city. China Disaster Relief Donate!