A raging river in the aftermath of Typhoon Haikui, here in eastern China.<br/> <br />According to Chinese state media, three people were killed when floodwaters swept through eastern provinces.<br/> <br />Haikui, which had weakened to a tropical storm by Wednesday afternoon, killed two in Shanghai and one in neighbouring Anhui Province.<br/> <br />More than one-and-a-half million people were evacuated, thousands of whom had been trapped in rural areas.<br/> <br />State broadcaster Xinhua reports that over 4,000 houses were destroyed, while total damages topped 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
