FUZHOU, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and 11 remain missing as of 5 p.m. Monday at a county in east China's Fujian Province amid strong rain brought by Typhoon Nepartak.
The typhoon landed in Fujian on Saturday afternoon and faded into a tropical depression early on Sunday.
It brought torrential rains to Minqing County, causing casualties and economic loss totalling 2.2 billion yuan (about 320 million U.S. dollars), the local government said.
A total of 34,400 people were evacuated and some 1,000 people had to be rescued in Minqing.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs said earlier that as of 9 a.m. Monday, the typhoon had left nine people dead and 18 missing in Fujian. A total of 213,000 people in the province have been evacuated.
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