Typhoon heads to China after pounding Taiwan

A powerful typhoon headed toward the eastern Chinese coast on Monday forcing over 200,000 people to seek higher ground, state media said, after it battered Taiwan over the weekend.

Typhoon Jangmi, the season's most powerful storm, was spinning off the coast of China's Fujian province and moving toward Zhejiang and Shanghai, with winds of up to 126 kph (78 mph), the Fujian Provincial Meteorological Bureau said.

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