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China’s Hainan island slammed by Typhoon Sarika

Flights cancelled and roads rendered impassable after raging storm uproots tress and triggers heavy rain.

Typhoon Sarika
Typhoon Sarika slammed into southern China's Hainan province on Tuesday. [STR/AFP]
Published On 19 Oct 201619 Oct 2016
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Typhoon Sarika slammed into China’s southern island province of Hainan on Tuesday.

It made landfall shortly after 9am local time (1:00 GMT), bringing winds as strong as 160 kilometres per hour.

More than 520,000 people were evacuated as the storm bore down on the island.

Flights were cancelled and roads were rendered impassable as the storm raged.

Qionghai City reported 258mm of rain in just two days. This is well over half the rainfall expected in the entire month of October.

The storm is now disintegrating over northern Vietnam and southern China, bringing flooding across the region.

As Sarika fizzles out, another typhoon is bearing down on the Philippines. Super Typhoon Haima is a more powerful system which is expected to hit eastern Luzon at approximately 15:00 GMT on Wednesday.

This second typhoon is then expected to make a second landfall near Hong Kong on Friday.

Additional reporting by Steff Gaulter

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The typhoon brought torrential rain and strong winds to the island. [STR/AFP]
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The typhoon whipped up the sea, causing huge waves to crash around the coast. [VCG/Getty Images]
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The strong winds tore down trees and power lines, making some roads impassable. STR/AFP]
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In two days, the city of Qionghai was deluged by 258mm of rain. [VCG/Getty Images]
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The vast amount of rain caused flooding. [STR/AFP]
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The winds were gusting up to 160km/h as the typhoon made landfall. [VCG/Getty Images]
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The storm is now disintegrating over northern Vietnam and mainland China. In Hainan the clean-up operation is underway. [VCG/Getty Images]
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As Typhoon Sarika disintegrates, another more powerful system - Super Typhoon Haima - is bearing down on the Philippines. [VCG/Getty Images]


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