Thirty people have been killed in a powerful typhoon in China after a landslide backed up a river that broke through debris and inundated homes, The Guardian reported. 

According to the source, another 20 people remained missing, and more than a million people were evacuated.

A typhoon in eastern Zhejiang provoked a landslide that caused chaos: thousands of flights and rail trips were canceled.

Over 173,000 hectares of crops and 34,000 homes have been damaged in Zhejiang. Local authorities estimate the damage at 14.57 billion yuan ($ 2 billion), Xinhua reported.