Super typhoon Lekima will strike mainland China on Friday, and authorities have issued a red alert for the massive storm with mass evacuations and hundreds of cancelled flights.
The typhoon will head towards China's central region on early Saturday and turn in north, in what officials say is the country's strongest typhoon since 2014.
Torrential rain and heavy winds battered Zheijang's province on the eastern coast on Friday, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued gale warnings for the Yangtze river delta region, which includes Shanghai.
Taiwan's authorities have cancelled flights and ordered markets and schools to close on Friday as the typhoon sweeps across the northwest region.
Over 40,000 homes were left without power and the country's high speed rail has also stopped operating on most routers.
On Thursday, authorities issued landslide warnings after a magnitude 6 earthquake struck the country's northeastern coast just hours before the super typhoon Lekima arrived.
Over 16,000 residents will be evacuated from towns across China's mainland amid the storm's imminent arrival.
Heavy rains and strong winds are set to batter regions from Friday until Sunday, and the NMC have warned of 24-hour rainfall which could reach up to 320 millimetres across eastern China's region.
Trains in Shanghai suspended ticket sales over the weekend and Beijing also cancelled several trains heading to and from typhoon-hit eastern regions in the Yangtze delta region.
Authorities have warned of flood risks in the eastern, downstream sections of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers until Wednesday.
Ships are set be diverted to Hong Kong to prevent accidents as heavy gales are expected to bring strong waves which will post dangerous sea condition.
China is routinely hit by typhoons in its hot summer months but weather officials said last week they have been relatively
infrequent so far this year.
