BEIJING — A massive typhoon left one person dead in eastern China on Wednesday, a day after killing four and injuring 260 in Taiwan. READ: Taiwan shuts down as Typhoon Megi strikesThe 268 injured included eight Japanese tourists traveling in a tour bus that turned on its side in central Taiwan. Megi was 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter at its largets, and rainfall had topped 300 millimeters (12 inches) in the south and eastern mountains of Taiwan. Megi is the fourth typhoon of the year to hit Taiwan and third in the last two weeks. On the Chinese coast, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Taiwan at its nearest point, fishing boats were ordered back to port, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2016 06:22 UTC