Typhoon Kaemi, the fifth to hit China this year, slammed into Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Tuesday afternoon.
The eye of the typhoon had a wind velocity of 33 meters per second when it made the landfall.
Prior to the landfall, about 644,000 people in Fujian had been evacuated to safe places, including 320,000 on the sea.
The typhoon has unleashed heavy rainfall, hitting many other counties or cities across Fujian.
In the neighboring Guangdong Province, all fishing boats and rafts, 12,500 in total, had sought shelter in harbors.
Heavy rain is also sweeping east China's Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. Local governments have drafted emergency plans and are closely watching the movement of Kaemi.
Tian Yitang of the State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters says southeastern Chinese provinces were prepared for the typhoon.
 "The current situation is severe. We have asked local governments of all the provinces that may be affected to make sure they are doing their jobs properly. So far, over 25,000 ships in Zhejiang have sought shelter in protected harbors and 80,000 people in low-lying areas have been evacuated to safer places. Water in reservoirs and rivers were also sluiced to prevent flooding. The same is happening in other provinces as well."
According to prediction, Kaemi will abate to tropical storm and land in west Anhui's Jinzhai County. Rainfall will reach 100 to 150 millimeters.
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Director: Liu Chi