Typhoon death toll rises

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.

Five people died in landslides unleashed by the storm, reports in state media said, while earlier reports said a Shanghai man was electrocuted when he stepped into water electrified by a light box and a construction worker was killed when the storm knocked over scaffolding in Taiwan.