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Super Typhoon Yagi hits China’s Hainan, killing two people and forcing 1 million to leave their homes
Yagi registers as the world’s second-most powerful tropical cyclone this year and has caused power outages in more than 800,000 homes
Asia’s strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, made landfall in northern Vietnam on Saturday, the meteorological agency said, killing at least four people after tearing through China’s island of Hainan and the Philippines.
Super Typhoon Yagi hit island districts of north Vietnam at about 1pm (0600 GMT), generating winds of up to 160kph (99mph) near its centre, having lost power from its peak of 234kph (145mph) in Hainan a day earlier.
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