BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on Typhoon Hato (all times local):
11:20 a.m.
Authorities and state media say the death toll from powerful Typhoon Hato in southern China has risen to at least nine.
Macau’s Government Information Bureau said five people were killed and 153 injured in the gambling enclave.
China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday another four were killed in the neighboring province of Guangdong while one person remains missing. Hato was the most powerful typhoon to hit the area in 53 years, packing winds of up to 160 kilometers (99 miles) per hour on Tuesday.
Xinhua said that in southern China, almost 27,000 people were evacuated to emergency shelters, while extensive damage to farmland and the loss of power to almost 2 million households was also reported.
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4:25 p.m.
Officials say a powerful typhoon has caused at least three deaths in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.
Macau’s Government Information Bureau said three men, aged 30, 45 and 62, were killed in falls and accidents Wednesday related to the heavy rain and gusting winds. At least two other people were listed as missing.
Typhoon Hato came within 60 kilometers (37 miles) of the nearby financial center of Hong Kong.
China’s weather service said the storm made landfall around noon in Zhuhai in the neighboring province of Guangdong, with winds gusting at 45 meters (147.64 feet) per second.
Flooding and power outages were also reported in Hong Kong and Macau, which lie across the water 64 kilometers (40 miles) from each other.
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