Heavy rains and strong winds from tropical storm Parma have killed at least three people on China’s southern island of Hainan and forced about 36,000 people away from their homes.

Parma landed on Monday destroying hundreds of houses and affecting millions of people as extreme weather conditions pounded the country.

The storm is weakening as it moves deeper inland.

Parma hit the northern Philippines last week, killing hundreds of residents and flooding vast areas of agriculture.