Typhoon Soudelor seems intent on leaving as much destruction as it can as it weakens, battering China with strong winds and much rainfall and raising the death toll to 21 as of Monday, with five more people missing.
The typhoon, despite being downgraded to a tropical storm by the China Meteorological Administration, caused much damage to the eastern province of Anhui, where two elderly people were killed in a car crash resulting from a rockfall, according to The Malaysian Insider. Two other people were killed in the area.
In Zhejiang province, 14 were reported to have been killed, suspected to have been washed away by floods, buried under landslides, or trapped under the rubble of their homes. Four people are unaccounted for in the area.
In Fujian province, which lies further south, three people were killed by a mudslide that happened as the typhoon made landfall on Saturday night. A person is also missing after massive floods swept through the province, reports Asia One News.
The collateral damage racked up by the typhoon has risen as well, with damages being estimated at around eight billion yuan (USD 1.82 billion), as of writing.
The typhoon has so far been the strongest typhoon to hit China this year, as reported in this HNGN article. It battered Taiwan, leaving six people dead, including a mother and her twin daughters who were swept out to sea, before heading over to China.
The typhoon weakened as it hit the mainland, though its sustained winds and rainfall were still potent enough to cause massive damage.
Watch the video below to see just how powerful the typhoon is, as captured by a dashboard camera.
