Three fishermen died as Tropical Storm Parma slammed into south China, causing torrential rain and high winds, state media said Tuesday.
Rescuers discovered their bodies after Parma hit Hainan Province Monday, causing a boat to sink off the coast of Wanning city, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Nine fishermen on the vessel fell overboard, Xinhua said, citing a spokesman for the Hainan Provincial Emergency Response Office, but five were rescued. One fisherman is still missing, the spokesman told Xinhua.
Parma made a landfall in Wanning's Longgun Township at 9:50 am Monday, packing winds of up to 54 kilometres per hour (33 miles per hour), according to the Hainan Provincial Observatory, Xinhua reported, and is moving northwest at a speed of 15 kph.
A total of 265 people in the Philippines were confirmed dead in landslides and flooding caused by Parma, civil defence and local officials said.
Tropical Storm Patricia forms in Pacific
Tropical Storm Patricia formed in the Pacific and was churning toward Mexico's Baja Peninsula, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Monday.
The storm could lash the peninsula's southern end on Tuesday, and Mexican authorities have warned it could cause flooding and other damage, the NHC said.
"A tropical storm watch is in effect for the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula from La Paz to Santa Fe," the Miami-based NHC said, adding that the storm would be "very near" the peninsula by Tuesday afternoon.
At 1800 GMT, Patricia was 395 kilometers (245 miles) south of the southern tip of the peninsula churning in at 13 kilometers per hour (eight mph).
It packed maximum sustained winds of near 75 kilometers per hour (50 mph), well under the 119 kilometers per hour (74 mph) threshold for a Category One hurricane.
In September, Hurricane Jimena struck the peninsula, leaving one person dead, and causing widespread flooding and property damage.
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