Typhoon Megi, whose name means "catfish" in Korean, has made landfall in southeastern China's Fujian Province, bringing strong gales and torrential downpours. The National Meteorological Center has issued an orange storm alert, the second-highest level.
After wreaking havoc in Taiwan, the powerful Megi headed across the Strait, and made landfall in Fujian early Wednesday morning.
The city of Ningde has become a water town.
"The water has come inside, rising to about this high. And almost everything in the shop was soaked," one shop owner said.
Over 2000 soldiers were dispatched overnight to help evacuation and provide aid.
Daylight revealed.. Schools flooded, trees uprooted, and public facilities down.
Water utilities have been working at full capacity to pump supplies from inland waterways.
"The water level has reached the warning mark. We've been monitoring the water level as well as the rainfall condition in 24 hours," said Jiang Chunxiang, staff, Fujian Hydrology & Water Resources Monitoring Bureau.
Weather authorities say the typhoon has weakened into a tropical storm.
But torrential downpours will continue in southern and eastern China in the next few days.
