Typhoon Utor Hits China, 20 Dead, 7 Missing, 4 Million People Affected

At least 20 people are dead and another seven are missing after flooding struck south China’s Guangdong Province. The National Disaster Reduction Commission has dispatched a working group to Guangdong to help with disaster relief work.

The area was disrupted by Typhoon Utor earlier this week with high winds and heavy rainfall triggering flooding and mountain torrents. Reports today however suggest further devastation after twenty people have died and another seven are missing after the area was struck by floods, rainstorms and landslides.

The damage is not isolated to Guangdong province however with devastation caused in Liaoning Province too. Fifteen people were killed and 32 went missing after Utor tore through the area earlier this week.

Typhoon Utor is the 11^th and strongest to strike China this year, disrupting more than four million lives in Guangdong province along. Its devastation has forced the closure of school, offices and construction sites across China.