Many flights were cancelled at two airports in Fuzhou and Quanzhou, tourist spots and parks were shut, and ports, coastal and river transportation was suspended, state media reported.
The typhoon lost strength and became a tropical storm after its landfall around 5am, the national forecaster reported. It was last reported to be moving over southern Guangdong province, and forecasters expect it to continue to weaken.
Haikui slammed into the province just after Typhoon Saola barrelled into southern Guangdong province over the weekend, killing at least one person and leaving a trail of destruction and flooding in many areas of nearby Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao.
Last month, northern and northeastern China saw heavy flooding caused by Typhoons Doksuri and Khanun which brought the capital Beijing its heaviest recorded rainfall in 140 years.
On Tuesday, the state broadcaster said the government would allocate 200 million yuan (US$27.43 million) in disaster relief funds to support provinces hit by typhoons and floods.
Over the weekend, the finance ministry said it had earmarked 1 billion yuan as disaster relief funds for floods, droughts or crop pests, state media Xinhua said.Â
Source: CNA
