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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Huizhong Wu

Typhoon Doksuri is downgraded to tropical storm status as it leaves southern China

Chinatopix

Typhoon Doksuri weakened into a tropical storm late Friday night after bringing heavy winds and rain that left more than a million people without power in southern China.

After making landfall Friday morning in southern Fujian province, where at least 400,000 people were evacuated, the storm flooded streets and toppled electric transmission towers in the province. Over a million households were left without power, according to the state-backed Xiamen Evening News.

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