Powerful Typhoon Wipha has hit China's densely populated eastern coast, south of the country's financial hub, Shanghai, state media say.
State TV showed huge waves hitting the shore as soldiers worked in pouring rain to help residents to move to temporary shelters.
More than two million people were earlier evacuated from Shanghai and neighbouring areas.
Experts said the storm could be the worst to hit China in a decade.
The typhoon - with winds of up to 45m per second (150ft) - made landfall at 0230 on Wednesday (1830 GMT Tuesday), the Xinhua news agency reported.
President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao "demanded that relevant provinces and cities strengthen their guard against the typhoon... and safeguard the lives and safety of the people" in a statement posted on the Chinese government website.
The province of Zhejiang bore the first brunt of Wipha.
State TV showed waves of up to 10m (36ft) pounding eastern shores, and it reported that boats and ships had been ordered to return to port and ferry services suspended.
Earlier, heavy rains forced schools to shut and grounded flights, and flooding brought central Shanghai to a standstill.
The Shanghai Stock Exchange may close if "emergency measures" were necessary, state media reported.
source: news.bbc.co.uk
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