Typhoon wreaks the south of China

After Typhoon Utor slammed into the region with high winds and torrential rain, more than 19,000 houses destroyed and 7,000 damaged in Guangdong of South China.

Many villages and towns along the coast are flooded.More than 19,000 houses have been destroyed and another 7,000 damaged in 18 cities in Guangdong since Utor swept through western parts of the province on Thursday. So far, Utor has caused 4.9 billion yuan ($800 million) in direct economic losses and affected approximately 4.16 million people.

Over the past two days, the Shantou bureau of water resources urged locals on its official micro blog to seek help through the social networking platform and inform the authorities of their location and the surrounding flood conditions.

More than 100,000 residents in 22 low-lying villages have been so far relocated, though many villagers were still stranded by noon on Monday.

The cities of Heyuan, Zhanjiang, Maoming, Yunfu, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, Meizhou, Shaoguan, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Zhaoqing and Huizhou were hardest hit by Utor, with many houses destroyed or damaged.

Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, was also hit hard by the storms over the past two days.

Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport since Thursday after flights were canceled or delayed because of the storms.

At Guangzhou Railway Station, partial service resumed on Monday morning after a one-day suspension due to a landslide in the northern part of the province over the weekend.

Railway officials said a high number of trains would still have to be canceled in the coming days. After rail service was halted on Saturday, more than 80,000 passengers were stranded at the station at one point, one of the country's busiest, according to sources with Guangzhou Railway Corp.

Key words
台风tái fēnɡ：Typhoon
洪水hónɡ shuǐ ：flood
经济损失jīnɡjì sǔnshī：economic losses