Meanwhile Vietnam Taiwan and China are battered

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7032177.stm
Heard on BBC this morning that over one million Chinese were evacuated
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Shanghai, where the Special Olympics are under way, has recalled all flood prevention workers as a precaution in case the typhoon heads further north.

Typhoon Krosa is the 16th typhoon to hit China this year, official Xinhua news agency reports.

Meanwhile, Vietnamese officials said at least 40 people had died as a result of Typhoon Lekima, which struck earlier this week, and more than 20 are still missing.

Disaster officials estimate the cost of the damage in Vietnam at more than $40m.