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Typhoon Krosa crashed into the Chinese coast with 78 mph winds, forcing the evacuation of 1.4 million people.

The typhoon made landfall near the borders of densely populated Zhejiang and Fujian provinces in southeast China.

Typhoon Krosa has lashed Taiwan with heavy rain and high winds. (AFP: Sam Yeh)

In Shanghai, where the Special Olympics is taking place, the city government canceled vacations for flood-control workers and was drafting plans to drain competition sites, the agency said.