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Typhoon Hits Mainland China After Battering Taiwan 

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Typhoon Longwang has hit mainland China after pounding Taiwan Sunday, where it left one person dead and disrupted flights and electricity.

Officials say it hit China's Fujian province with strong winds and heavy rains. More than 300,000 people were evacuated.

In Taiwan, a 60-year-old man died after he was hit by flying debris. A woman is missing and feared dead after being washed away by flash floods in the central town of Hoping. And 46 people were injured during the typhoon, most by flying debris.

Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP.

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