At least 72 people have died in eastern China because of flooding and landslides triggered by Typhoon Talim.

About 52 were killed in Anhui province, Xinhua news agency reported. It also said 15 died in the city of Wenzhou and five in Jiangxi province.

More than 20 people are missing. Hundreds of thousands have been affected by Talim, which has destroyed property estimated at $1bn (£540m).

The storm hit China on Thursday after killing two in Taiwan.

Roads, buildings, telephone exchanges, electricity and water supplies were badly damaged after Talim made landfall on Thursday.

In Anhui province alone more than 100,000 people had to leave their homes.

Up to a million people were moved from low-lying coastal flood plains in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, Xinhua said.
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