介绍:
Four Chinese provinces have been battered by the storm, the strongest one to hit south China in four decades.
Along with the 26 confirmed deaths, it has affected over 8 million people in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan and Guangxi.
The super typhoon made landfall in the southern Hainan on Friday, packing winds of up to 134 kilometers per hour.
The provincial capital Haikou, has taken the worst hit, with widespread power outages and water shortages.
Over 1 million households are without electricity.
The super typhoon also destroyed almost every single traffic light across the city.
Local authorities say it will take three months to fix all the lights.
"The situation is quite severe. Almost all the traffic lights are out of order. It sometimes takes three or four hours to repair the lights."
Food prices in the city soared over the weekend as the disaster also affected local transportaion.
Fu Mingquan, director of the local commerce department, says food deliveries have resumed as the typhoon weakened.
"By 8 am on Sunday, over 2000 tons of vegetable had been transported to stricken areas via 109 vehicles. Vegetable supply is now adequate."
Authorities estimate Rammasun has caused over 26 billion yuan in economic losses in the country.
The typhoon also left 11 people dead in neighboring Vietnam as it made landfall in the country on Saturday morning.
Rammasun struck the Philippines earlier last week, killing at least 77 people and displacing more than half a million.
Although now weakened, torrential rain triggered by the typhoon continues to hit the Chinese mainland, even to the northeast region.
Heavy rain in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has resulted in two deaths.
A third person is listed as missing.
Over 1,300 houses have been damaged and evacuation orders affect 5,100 people.
China's meteorological authority warns that the torrential rain will last until Tuesday.
Another typhoon, Matmo, is expected to hit Taiwan on Tuesday and make landfall in southeast China's Fujian Province.
For CRI, I'm Min Rui.
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