Minor damage from tropical storm Trami was reported in coastal areas of China, but no deaths or injuries had been reported as a result of the storm by Thursday afternoon. (China Daily/Reuters)

Southern China was hit by fresh flooding Thursday as the second storm in a week lashed the region after killing 18 people in the Philippines.

Typhoon Trami skirted Taiwan before landing in China's Fujian province early Thursday morning and weakening into a tropical storm.

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