At least 13 people have been killed by a tornado on the coast of eastern China thought to have been caused by Typhoon Sepat, which is battering the country further south.
The tornado cut a corridor of destruction 800 metres wide in Zhejiang province, destroying 156 houses around Wenzhou City.
More than 60 people were injured, six seriously.
In southern Fujian province, two people died and another is missing after Typhoon Sepat triggered flooding and mudslides.
Sepat landed in Fujian overnight packing winds of 119 kilometres per hour.
The typhoon left a trail of damage, flooding roads, lifting roofs off houses and uprooting trees and billboards.
Expressways in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian, were closed, while 266 domestic and international flights from three provincial airports were cancelled.
A six-car goods train was derailed west of the provincial capital of Fuzhou after a portion of track was swept away. No injuries were reported and workers restored the line.
The typhoon dumped 300mm of rain over 24 hours in some parts of the provice, damaging homes, crops and downing power lines.
More than 900,000 people in southern and eastern Chinese provinces had earlier been relocated, including some 540,000 people in Fujian.
According to the latest government figures, extreme weather killed 712 people and left 163 missing across China in July alone.
