(Yicai) Sept. 9 -- Yagi, the strongest typhoon to hit China since typhoon Rammasun in 2014, slammed into the country’s southernmost province on the afternoon of Sept. 6, resulting in four deaths and leaving a trail of destruction.

Yagi made landfall in Wenchang, Hainan province, at 4.00 p.m. on Sept. 6. With wind speeds reaching 62 meters a second at its epicenter, the super typhoon affected 1.2 million people and caused direct economic losses of approximately CNY26.3 billion (USD3.7 billion). Four people have died and 95 were injured as of Sept. 7.

The storm reached Vietnam on the afternoon of Sept. 7. As of yesterday, 21 people had died, one was missing and 229 were injured in the southeast Asian country, according to its Ministry of Agriculture. Yagi has now weakened to a tropical depression.

An electric vehicle lies crushed beneath a fallen billboard in the provincial capital of Haikou.

A massive tree, felled by the storm, is cleared by workers in Haikou.

A huge clean up operation is underway in Wenchang. Bulldozers clear the roads of fallen palm trees. Wenchang was the city hardest hit by the storm and is expected to incur direct economic losses of up to CNY32.7 billion (USD4.6 billion).

An electric scooter lies washed up in a pile of debris by the side of the road in Haikou.

Editor: Kim Taylor