Ten people were killed in rain-triggered floods in China as Typhoon Noul made landfall early Sunday in the southern province of Guangdong. Noul, the 12th and the strongest typhoon to hit China so far this year, made landfall at Huizhou city in Guangdong around 3.50 am, bringing gale-force winds and heavy rain to large parts of the region.

Rain-triggered flash floods killed 10 in China’s Gansu scenic area, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. China’s National Commission for Disaster Prevention, Reduction and Relief activated a Level-IV national disaster relief emergency response for Guangdong. Level-IV is the least severe tier in the four-tier emergency response system. Level I is the most critical/severe.