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A sudden cloudburst has claimed at least 10 lives in northwest China's Gansu Province, with dozens injured. Typhoon Noul, the year's strongest cyclone, has forced over 700,000 evacuations across southern China and Hong Kong.
China's meteorological authorities have activated the highest-level red alert as Typhoon Noul, the 12th typhoon this year, approaches the Guangdong coast with maximum winds of Force 14, expected to make landfall imminently.
Typhoon Noul prompted Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific to cancel dozens of flights between July 25-26, affecting thousands of travellers across the region as the storm threatened Hong Kong and Guangdong with torrential rain and severe winds.