BEIJING: Typhoon Meranti has left at least 16 people dead or missing in China and an ancient bridge destroyed as it wreaked havoc on the country’s eastern coast, the government said Friday. Another nine people were missing and more than 330,000 residents had been relocated, it added. Flooding destroyed an 871-year-old bridge that was a protected heritage site in Yongchun county, Xinhua reported Friday. At one point more than 3.2 million homes had their electricity cut off and water supplies for many communities in Xiamen were disrupted, it added. The storm had weakened to a tropical depression on Friday.

Source: New Strait Times September 16, 2016 05:37 UTC