Typhoon Matmo kills 13 people in China

Typhoon Matmo which swept through the eight provinces of China, killed 13 people and affects about 2.5 million civilians, officials on sunday said.

China's Zhejiang provinces after typhoon Matmo made a landfall.

East china's province 'Jiangxi' reported 9 deaths and 4 were reported near south China’s 'Guangdong' province.

Matmo has made landfall in southeast china's 'Fujian' province and has brought heavy downpours, strong winds to the affected areas 2.54 million people have been affected due to the typhoon spread across eight provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning and Zhejiang. It is said that About 289,000 have been relocated and about 37,000 are in quick need for basic amenities. Matmo is the 10th typhoon to affect China this year, It  has destroyed many number of homes and crops which resulted in economic losses worth ($547 million) 3.37 billion yuan.

'Fujian' province Typhoon Matmo . recorded Strongest typhoon in 40 years