Typhoon Lashes China As Extreme Weather Grips Asia

Typhoon Talim has lashed south-eastern China and displaced 230,000, as large swathes of Asia reel from torrential rain and extreme heat.

It disrupted flights and shut fishing villages and coastal tourist spots, but weakened on its way to Vietnam.

The typhoon hit two days after a remote town in the north-western province of Xinjiang saw china’s highest temperature on record at 52.2 Celsius.

In Japan, some 60 people fell ill with heatstroke, while parts of China are seeing record-high temperatures.

Over in South Korea, the death toll from days of torrential rain and landslides rose to 41.

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Talim whipped Guangdong province with winds of nearly 140 kilometres per hour  Monday night, before making landfall in neighbouring Nuangxi on Tuesday.

In South Korea, rescuers on Tuesday pulled the last body out of a flooded tunnel in the central mountainous region of Cheongju.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said he will “completely overhaul” the country’s approach to extreme weather, as such events will become “more commonplace”.

Meanwhile heatwaves also brought searing temperatures to the us and Europe overnight. The hot weather is expected to last until next week.