Typhoon Prapiroon roared towards southern China today packing winds of up to 80 mph.

China’s death toll from tropical storm Bilis more than doubled to 482 today after a hard-hit province reported a sharp rise in fatalities, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

China’s death toll from tropical storm Bilis has more than doubled to 482 after a central province reported a sudden rise in the numbers killed, a government news agency has said.

A 21-year-old man was killed at about 9.30pm last night when the motorcycle he was driving went out of control and crashed into a ditch at Bilis, near Ballyjamesduff, in Co Cavan.