The number

2.86 million

Typhoon Kalmaegi, which made landfall in Wenchang, Hainan province, on Tuesday morning, had killed one person and affected more than 2.86 million people in 219 counties and towns on the island as of 5 pm on Wednesday, the province's disaster-prevention office said. One person was missing. About 450 houses collapsed, and farmland covering more than 143,000 hectares was destroyed, causing economic losses of about 5.8 billion yuan ($944 million).