A typhoon slammed into eastern China on Wednesday, the country’s third in a week, killing at least two people and causing more than $1 billion in damage, state media said. Typhoon Haikui made landfall early on Wednesday morning in Zhejiang province south of Shanghai, after authorities moved nearly two million people to safety, the official Xinhua news agency said. Shanghai media reported that glass falling from a building killed a 57-year-old woman and the collapse of a small chemical factory led to the death of a young boy sheltering inside with his family. The Zhejiang and Shanghai governments had yet to officially report any deaths or injuries. The typhoon quickly weakened after landing south of Ningbo city, the China Meteorological Administration said, but warned that Haikui was still packing winds of 119 kilometres (74 miles) per hour.
