Most typhoons come ashore on the island’s sparsely populated east coast, but Danas scraped its crowded western edge. Nearly 300,000 households had no power on Monday.

In Zhejiang and Fujian, maritime authorities halted passenger shipping operations, anticipating continued disruptions as Danas moved inland towards Jiangxi province. Jiangxi’s mountainous terrain was particularly vulnerable to catastrophic flooding during heavy rains, officials said.

Typhoon Danas caused severe destruction in Taiwan with extremely strong winds, reaching 135 miles per hour.The storm brought extremely heavy rainfall of over 60 centimeters in some areas which led to serious flooding and landslides.