Typhoon Lekima leaves 49 dead, 21 missing in China

Villagers wash clothes and sheets that have been soaked by flood beside a stream in Shanzao Village of Yantan Township in Yongjia County, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 12, 2019. By Monday morning, the death toll in Zhejiang Province has risen to 39 while nine others remained missing, said the Zhejiang provincial flood control headquarters. Typhoon Lekima, the ninth and strongest typhoon of the year, landed around 1:45 a.m. Saturday in the city of Wenling in Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)