Two typhoons have left many dead or missing in East Asia. In Japan at least nine people have been killed and some are missing. In China at least one child has been killed, while in Taiwan 12 people have died.
China moved almost a million people from its coastal provinces to safer areas before Typhoon Morakat hit the mainland on Sunday. Heavy rain triggered landslides and caused several hundred houses to collapse, but the effects weren't as bad as might have been feared, after the damage it had wreaked elsewhere.
The storm had caused the worst flooding in 50 years in Taiwan. They're still working there to free thousands of people who remain trapped, and searching for the dozens who are missing.
In Japan, there were more casualties, as a different typhoon caused severe problems along the western coast of the country. Again torrential downpours triggered landslides and flooding. One man was found drowned inside his car, a woman was found dead in a gutter.
Chris Hogg, BBC News, Shanghai
coastal provincesdeniz kıyısındaki yerler
the mainlandülkenin adaların dahil olmadığı bölgesi
triggeredtetiklemek
landslidesheyelan
to collapseçökmek
the effects weren't as bad as might have been fearedtayfunun etkisinin ya da yarattığı yıkımın öncesinde korkulduğu kadar şiddetli, ağır olmaması
the damage it had wreakedneden olduğu hasar
casualtiesyaralılar
torrential downpoursşiddetli, sağanak yağış
gutteroluk, yol kenarında suların tahliye edildiği mazgal
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