'Fitow' rages across the east of China

Reaching over 150 km/h, typhoon "Fitow" ravaged the east coast of China, sweeping through Shanghai on Monday, October 7. Around 750,000 people were evacuated in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces ahead of time.

Anyone still in the area is possibly in danger. In Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, water surges reached residential areas. Despite large-scale evacuation, at least two people have died and many more are missing as a result of the storm.

China's weather service has issued an alert. Ships have been ordered to dock at harbors, such as in the port city of Zhoushan, where many fishing boats stayed put. Dozens of fishermen went missing in neighboring Vietnam after typhoon "Wutib" ripped across the region not long ago.

The typhoon has created waves up to 10 meters high. In the coastal city of Wenzhou, over 1,200 houses collapsed as a result. Large parts of the coast were left without electricity.

Here, police units try to pull a car out of the rising water. The typhoon has posed a major challenge for infrastructure and can be life-threatening for anyone deciding to drive. High-speed train services were disrupted in Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi provinces and around 30 flights were canceled at Wenzhou airport.

"Fitow," which is the name of a flower from Micronesia, is the season's 23rd typhoon to hit China's coast. Before making landfall in China, it brushed across the south of Japan, where it caused minimal damage. In Tokyo, shown here, the biggest challenge, perhaps, was not losing one's umbrella.

Just two weeks ago, typhoon "Usagi" killed at least 30 people on the east coast of China. At least 24 people died in Vietnam, 30 in Cambodia and 22 in Thailand as a result of flooding caused by the typhoon.