Southeast Chinese province Fujian evacuated more than 160,000 people and 32,000 fishing boats in a bid to reduce damage to a minimum as typhoon Soudelor landed on the Chinese mainland Saturday night with strong gales and heavy rains.
Fishermen take shelter from rain at a wharf in Putian city, Southeast China's Fujian province, Aug. 8, 2015. Fujian province on Saturday issued its highest typhoon alert as super typhoon Soudelor approaches Southeast China's coastal provinces. The typhoon landed near Hualien of Southeast China's Taiwan early Saturday morning.
Typhoon Soudelor battered Taiwan with fierce winds and rain, leaving at least six people dead as it left a trail of devastation in its wake before heading for Chinese mainland.
Typhoon Soudelor is expected to land in coastal areas of Fujian province in the afternoon of August 8, meteorological authorities said on Friday, fjsen.com reported.
Nearly 5,000 people in east China's Fujian province have been evacuated as Typhoon Soudelor, the 13th this year, is expected to hit the province on Saturday.
China's national observatory on Thursday issued a yellow alert for the approaching Typhoon Soudelor, which will bring gales and heavy rain to the country's coast in the coming days.
