Strongest Typhoon in Decades Hits China

WREAKING HAVOC

Updated Apr. 14, 2017 3:31PM EDT / Published Jul. 20, 2014 1:40PM EDT

Typhoon Rammasun has killed 18 people in China and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, making it the strongest typhoon to hit the country in four decades. The typhoon has already claimed the lives of 94 people in the Philippines. Winds are as high as 134 miles per hour. 37,000 homes have been ruined by Typhoon Rammasun, and hundreds of buses and trains were suspended. According to Chinese state media, the typhoon has cost $4.3 billion in damage. It is the worst typhoon to hit China in 41 years.

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Strongest Typhoon in Decades Hits China