Typhoon Wipha, which fizzled into a tropical storm while sweeping across eastern China, killed nine people and left three missing when it lashed the region with winds, torrential rains and landslides, reports said today.

Typhoon Wipha, which fizzled into a tropical storm while sweeping across eastern China, killed seven people and left three missing when it lashed the region with winds, torrential rains and landslides, reports said today.

Today’s women’s World Cup group games in China between Australia and Canada and China and New Zealand have been put back one day due to a typhoon in the region.

Typhoon Wipha slammed into the Chinese coast today, flooding streets and fields and causing massive transport disruptions.

Typhoon Wipha slammed into the Chinese coast this morning as authorities evacuated two million people following forecasts it would be the most powerful storm to hit the area in a decade.