BEIJING: Typhoon Meranti battered southeastern China with heavy winds and torrential rain on Thursday, cutting power, ripping up trees and smashing windows, a day after lashing Taiwan.

The super typhoon, packing winds of 170 kilometers per hour (105 miles per hour) made landfall around 3am near the city of Xiamen before heading inland, state media said.

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