2 killed as Typhoon Mangkhut makes landfall in Guangdong

At least two people were killed by super typhoon Mangkhut as of 8:00 pm BJT (1200 GMT) Sunday, China Central Television reports.

Typhoon Mangkhut made landfall in Taishan city, South China's Guangdong province at around 5 pm on Sunday.

Flooding and damaged buildings were reported across the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and South China's Guangdong province on Sunday, as Typhoon Mangkhut, a record storm bringing fierce winds and intense rain, sweeps past the Pearl River Delta.

Smashed windows, uprooted trees, swaying buildings, collapsing external walls, and flooded lobbies in residential estates, along with rough waves crashing against the breakwater, were seen from images and videos posted on social media across cities in the river delta.

In Hong Kong, by 2 pm, a total of 111 people - 60 men and 51 women - had sought medical treatment at public hospitals during the typhoon. There were 76 reported cases of fallen trees, the Hong Kong SAR government said.

As a heavy rainstorm affects the city, with more than 100 millimeters of rainfall recorded in the past few hours, the Hong Kong Observatory announced flooding in the northern New Territories at 11:25 am. The Drainage Service Department received five confirmed flooding cases by early Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, the weather authority also issued a landslip warning at 2:20 pm.

It said Hurricane Signal No 10, the SAR’s highest typhoon signal, will remain in force in the afternoon.