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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 5321994" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01459/PD30533907_TAIWAN-_1459088c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The typhoon has already dumped 100 inches of rain on Taiwan in just 24 hours this weekend.Local authorities in the coastal provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian sent out more than eight million text messages and recalled nearly 50,000 fishing boats to harbour on Sunday bs the storm tracked slowly northwards towards mainland China.Morakot, which claimed 21 lives when it hit the Philipines on Friday, is the first major storm to hit Taiwan during this year's typhoon season which runs from July to September.By Sunday morning Taiwanese authorities said 29 people were missing, with one confirmed death in the worst flooding for 50 years.In the most serious incident, 16 people were listed as missing by Taiwan's Disaster Relief Centre after a their makeshift home was washed away in a flash flood. Elsewhere two policemen were swept away as they tried to help stranded villagers.In China weather stations issued a "red alert" - the highest possible - in anticipation of Morakot's arrival which is expected to bring winds in excess of 70mph.The combination of high tides and the strong winds were predicted to create waves of up to 30ft along an exposed section of China's east coast, leaving many rural fishing communities especially vulnerable to the storm.In Zhejiang province, where 490,000 were evacuated, some villages were already becoming cut off by rising waters, with official riding bicycles to distribute drinking water and instant noodles to affected households, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency.Nearly 40 domestic flights were cancelled in the eastern city of Wenzhou and several major motorways were closed as a preventative measure before the storm made landfall on Sunday evening.Early reports said that parts of Fujian, where 480,000 were evacuated, had already reported 12 inches of rain from early Saturday until Sunday morning, Xinhua added.<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5998497/Million-flee-as-typhoon-approaches-China.html" target="_blank">telegraph</a></blockquote>

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