Typhoon Doksuri lashes China’s Fujian province after more than 400,000 evacuated

Hong Kong (CNN) — Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in China’s southeastern coast and Taiwan on Friday, state weather agencies said, after the storm battered parts of the Philippines and killed at least 39 people, including dozens on an overcrowded boat that capsized in strong winds.

The typhoon slammed into China’s coastal Fujian province at around 10:00 a.m. local time, the National Meteorological Center said. More than 724,600 people were affected, while more than 416,000 in Fujian had already been evacuated, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported.

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