Typhoon Gaemi took aim at China after tearing across the Philippines and Taiwan, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes, flooding streets and leaving at least seven people dead.
After passing south of densely populated Taipei, the storm’s eye headed out over the Taiwan Strait early Thursday, lumbering to the northwest.
It was expected to approach China’s coast with winds of 80 miles (129 kilometers) per hour, according to the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center, down from 109 mph as it cut across Taiwan.