Typhoon Soudelor Pounds China After Wreaking Havoc In Taiwan Saturday August 08,201

A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday August 08,2015, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan, where it downed trees, traffic lights and power lines, and left six people dead and four missing.

Typhoon Soudelor made landfall in China's Fujian province late Saturday night and was downgraded into a tropical storm as it moved across the region

Soudelor made landfall in Putian city, in China's southern Fujian province, at around 10:10 pm local time Saturday - See more at: http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/235594563#sthash.mvA8PfG1.dpuf

Soudelor made landfall in Putian city, in China's southern Fujian province, at around 10:10 pm local time Saturday - See more at: http://www.pakistannews.net/index.php/sid/235594563#sthash.mvA8PfG1.dpuf

Authorities in southeast China evacuated about 163,000 people and ordered around 32,000 ships back to port ahead of the typhoon.
More than 7,000 soldiers and police were on standby, provincial authorities said.The provincial capital of Fuzhou was being battered by heavy rain and strong winds, and all flights to the city were canceled
Even before the storm made landfall, strong winds caused power outages to more than 1.41 million household in the province
Heavy rains were forecast through Sunday morning in the northern part of Fujian