Typhoon Meranti barrels into mainland China

Residents clean up a flooded street in Xiamen, in China’s eastern Fujian province, after Typhoon Meranti made landfall.

A motorist holds onto a post as she braves the high winds and rain from Typhoon Meranti in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan.

A man walks past toppled shipping containers at the Kaohsiung Harbour after Typhoon Meranti lashed southern Taiwan.

A car drives past a collapsed traffic sign, toppled by strong winds from Typhoon Meranti in southern Taiwan.

A huge wave breaks over port infrastructure as Typhoon Meranti lashes a fishing port in southern Taitung, Taiwan.

Pedestrians using umbrellas crowd a street in Tokyo. Typhoon Meranti passed through the southwestern Japanese island of Okinawa while another typhoon, named Malakas, moving east of the Philippines, is now heading for the southwestern Japanese islands.

Collapsed power lines partially block the road as Typhoon Meranti skirts Pingtung County in southern Taiwan.