Typhoon Hato, the strongest to hit southern China in 53 years, left a trail of death and destruction in the region with Macau and Hong Kong bearing the brunt of the storm that has claimed at least 16 lives and injured over 150 others.
The former Portuguese enclave of Macau was still without electricity as the typhoon claimed the lives of at least eight people.
Hato, the 13th typhoon this year, landed in the city of Zhuhai in southern China’s Guangdong province yesterday, bringing gales of up to 45 metres per second. It brought winds of up to 160 km per hour to the Pearl river and heavy rain to nearby regions, the local meteorological bureau said.