1.   A powerful typhoon hit southern China today.

2.   A typhoon has hit the Philippines, lifting roofs off houses and uprooting trees.

3.   A typhoon hit western Japan on Monday, smashing windows and blowing away roof tiles, as a more powerful storm threatened the southern island of Shikoku.

4.   A powerful typhoon hit southwestern Japan Tuesday afternoon, just one day after another storm swept through the country damaging buildings and affecting transport.

5.   Forecaster Vic Manalo said the typhoon could hit northeastern Luzon by Friday.

6.   Four buildings in the complex slid and their bottom two floors collapsed into waterlogged ground, trapping dozens, when typhoon Winnie hit northern Taiwan on Monday.

7.   Forecasters had predicted the typhoon would hit farther north.

8.   Moving cautiously to the centre of the road, I was about to hop across to the other side when a typhoon hit me.

9.   Officials in Prachuab Khirikan said winds subsided after the typhoon hit land.

10.   The agency predicted the typhoon would hit the coast of Shikoku Tuesday afternoon.