Floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Kaemi have killed at least 18 people and left more than 60 missing in southern China, state media said today.
Kaemi weakened into a tropical depression after sweeping across China's southeastern coast on Tuesday, but downpours it brought soaked at least four provinces, all of which are still recovering from damage by tropical storm Bilis.
Six people were killed when flash floods along a mountainside hit a military barracks in the eastern province of Jiangxi, Xinhua news agency said.
Two girls - aged nine and six - died in southern Guangdong province after their house collapsed under a landslide.
Both incidents occurred in the early yesterday morning when the victims were probably sleeping, Xinhua said.
Ten people were killed, mostly by flood waters, in Jiangxi's mountainous south, Xinhua said. About 20 were missing and roads and communications have been disrupted in some areas.
Rain was likely to continue in the provinces through tomorrow, China's Central Meteorological Office reported.
The Meteorological Office said Kaemi carried less rain and would move away faster than Bilis, which killed 612 people and left 208 missing in southern China since it stuck the country on July 14th.