Death toll from Typhoon Rammasun has surged to 14 since its landfall in southern China on Friday, state media declared on Saturday after leaving traces of havoc in neighboring Philippines with 86 deaths.

The strongest storm to enter China since 1973, Rammasun, first reached Wenchang City of Hainan province with winds of 216 kilometers per hour, National Meteorological Center of China said.

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According to the local government, deaths include five people from Hainan while 217, 000 people were evacuated.

The province was left with 4.7 billion yuan worth of loss with the destruction of 51, 000 houses and 40,600 hectares of crops.

Four hours after the first, the typhoon made its second landfall in the city of Zhanjiang at Longtanzen of Guandong province at 7:30 pm, Friday.

More than 30,000 people were relocated while estimated losses are 247 million yuan in Guandong.

Rammasun hit Fangchenggang City of Guangxi, Saturday morning. It is the typhoon's third landfall. One person was killed and two others were injured after a tower crane fell.

The typhoon affected almost 1.3 million people and caused damages in China's economy worth at least 4.95 billion yuan.

Buses, trains and flights were suspended as southern China local authorities declared the highest level disaster alert in the effort to prevent more loss of lives.

Heavy rain is expected today across the region before Rammasun will weaken to head at the northern parts of Vietnam.

In the Philippines, where typhoon was called Glenda, 86 people were counted dead. It pummeled the northern parts of the country and hit Manila City, cutting off electricity to the whole region.

Most deaths were due by the typhoon's winds which were caused falling debris such as trees and concretes.

More than 1.6 million Filipinos were affected, 518, 764 people are displaced in 1,264 evacuation centers.

Economic damage worth 5.85 billion Philippine pesos was counted from the destroyed hectares of crops and infrastructures.  

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