Sepat landed in Quanzhou city east of Fujian province at 2am (0400 AEST), the Xinhua news agency said, after pounding Taiwan yesterday with torrential rain, powerful windsand mudslides.

• 新华社报道，圣帕在2点时登陆了福建省泉州市东部，而昨天，它刚刚对台湾进行了骤雨，强风泥流地攻击。