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In addition, rainstorms and and geological disasters have destroyed more than 1,400 homes and inundated more than 30,000 hectares of cropland, the statement said.
Direct economic losses were estimated at about 2 billion yuan ($300 million), it said.
Some areas in Guangdong reported precipitation of over 640 mm in 24 hours, it said.
Typhoon Fanapi, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, landed in Fujian Province at 7 am Monday, but wreaked most havoc in Guangdong, which neighbors Fujian on the south.