A car wades ahead in the flood water as typhoon Sepat lands with heavy winds and downpours in Cangnan county of the coastal city of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province on August 18, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)

A fisherman checks his fishing boat in Huian County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 19, 2007. Two people were killed and one was missing in a landslide triggered by typhoon Sepat, which landed in southeast China's Fujian Province early Sunday morning.(Xinhua Photo)

Citizens walk in the flood water as typhoon Sepat lands with heavy winds and downpours in Cangnan county of the coastal city of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province on August 18, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)

One more person was killed by landslide in east China's Zhejiang Province, bringing the death toll from typhoon Sepat to 15, said local sources on Sunday.

The new victim was a man in his 40s, who was riding in a van in Cangnan County, Wenzhou City. Landslide triggered by downpour knocked the van with 19 on board off the road and tossed it over. Eighteen managed to escape, two of whom were injured and under medical treatment.

Photo taken on August 18, 2007 shows the big wave at the Dongtou Island of Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.The Southeast China provinces are girding for the imminent Typhoon Sepat with cancellation of flights, evacuations of ships, boats and more than half a million people. Typhoon Sepat is expected to land with heavy winds and downpours in the coast between Lianjiang and Xiamen of Fujian Province around 7:00 p.m. Saturday.(Xinhua Photo)

Sepat brought rainfall of 40 mm per hour to Wencheng County, disrupting power supply in eight townships and villages.

Before its landfall, Sepat caused a tornado that smashed buildings and killed 11 people in Cangnan Town of Wenzhou on Saturday night.

In Fujian Province where the typhoon slammed on land, two people were killed and one was missing in a landslide triggered by Sepat.

Typhoon Sepat landed in Chongwu Town, Hui'an County of Quanzhou City early Sunday morning, lashed the central and north parts of Fujian with gale and rainstorm. Rainfall from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday reached 200 mm in 11 of Fujian's 95 counties, cities and districts and exceeded 300 mm in two regions.

The typhoon damaged 366 houses in Quanzhou City of Fujian, inundated 5,920 hectares of crops, and cut off road traffic and power supply lines in some regions, affecting 162,600 people and inflicting an economic loss of 72 million yuan.

The typhoon also caused severe damages in Zhejiang, ruining 19,700 hectares of crops, wrecking 28.7 km of power supply lines and 22.1 km of dams, affecting 616,000 people across the province and resulting in a direct economic loss of 250 million yuan (32.9 million U.S. dollars).

A woman collects rubbish on the flooded road at Donghuxincun Village of Ningde city, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 19, 2007. Two people were killed and one was missing in a landslide triggered by typhoon Sepat, which landed in southeast China's Fujian Province early Sunday morning.(Xinhua Photo)

The Zhejiang provincial meteorological station predicted heavy rainfalls triggered by typhoon Sepat will continue in the province for two more days until Tuesday morning.

The rainfall in Wenzhou and Lishui is expected to reach a maximum of 200 mm. The southern coastal area of the province is to have wind force exceeding 97 km per hour.

In Fujian Province, the rainstorms will also continue for two days. Rainfall in Ningde, Fuzhou, Putian and Quanzhou, four major coastal cities, will range from 200 to 300 mm, with the maximum at 400 mm.

Affected by Sepat, Shanghai was hit by rainstorms on Sunday afternoon for two hours with a maximum rainfall of 30 mm and wind speed of 51 km per hour.

In eastern part of Guangdong Province, rainstorms caused by Sepat hit a dozen of counties and cities on Sunday, with Chaozhou City the maximum rainfall of 60 mm from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., but there is so far no report on flooding, landslide or other natural disasters in the province.

Sepat is expected to arrive at Jiangxi Province by Sunday but has weakened to strong tropical storm.

As Sepat is expected to unleash winds of 50 to 75 km per hour in Jiangxi, more than 30,000 fishing boats with 100,000 fishermen in Poyang Lake have found shelter in harbors.

According to the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters, the tropical storm would linger in Jiangxi for about 48 hours. Local governments have been urged to be alert to ensuing floods and landslides.

In Central China's Hunan Province, mines have been ordered to suspend operation in the next three days as Sepat draws near. Local governments are evacuating people in low-lying regions and have all the reservoirs monitored around the clock.

Since Sepat is expected to hit Hubei Province, also in central China, from Monday to Wednesday, the provincial government has issued a warning on flood control and is carrying full effort to prepare for disaster relief.

According to local agricultural department, insects harmful for paddy growth will fly into the province from other places with the typhoon. The province has prepared 24,000 sprayers with efficient pesticide in a bid to fight the spread of the insect damage.

Editor: Yan