Local residents walk in the rain in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province on Aug. 7, 2009. Strong rainstorms brought by the tropical storm Goni caused great disaster to the western Hainan areas and the villagers suffered a heavy loss. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
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FUZHOU/TAIPEI/HANGZHOU, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- A fishing boat capsized at about 10 p.m. off the coast of southern island province of Hainan as the tropical storm Goni wreak the havoc. All the 10 fishermen fall into the water and only one managed to swim to the beach.
Rescers were searching for the missing.
Photo taken on Aug. 7, 2009, shows the flooded areas in Danzhou, south China's Hainan Province. Strong rainstorms brought by the tropical storm Goni caused great disaster to the western Hainan areas and the villagers suffered a heavy loss. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
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Authorities in southeast China's Fujian Province has ordered all schools and scenic spots to close before 4 p.m. Friday, as typhoon Morakot nears.
The Fujian provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Friday that about 34,000 vessels had been recalled to port and 21,190 people in the cities of Ningde, Putian, Fuzhou and Quanzhou had been relocated to safe areas.
The headquarters has entrusted the education bureau to notify schools in the four cities to stop all activities, and make sure all teachers and students leave safely.
Residents living on the sea are evacuated to the safe place in Ningde City, southeast China's Fujian Province, on Aug. 7, 2009. Authorities in Fujian Province have ordered all schools and scenic spots to close before 4 p.m. Friday, as typhoon Morakot nears. The provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Friday that about 34,000 vessels had been recalled to port and 21,190 people in the cities of Ningde, Putian, Fuzhou and Quanzhou had been relocated to safe areas. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
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Waves as high as six meters were already hitting the coastal area on Friday, and the provincial meteorological observatory said they could reach up to nine meters as the typhoon came closer.
According to China National Meteorological Center, Morakot, the eighth typhoon to affect China's mainland, was 180 km southeast of Keelung,
Members of the Fujian border police hand over the supplies to crew members of a ship from Taiwan at Shacheng port in Ningde of southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 7, 2009. Led by a ship sent by the Fujian border police, two ships from Taiwan arrived at a port in Ningde safely on Friday as typhoon Morakot nears. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
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Taiwan, as of 10 a.m. Friday, packing winds up to 144 km per hour in the center.
It is moving at 15 km per hour northwestward, and is expected to hit Taiwan Friday evening, and would land in northern Fujian and central Zhejiang sometime from Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning.
Dong Rong, deputy director of the Fujian observatory, said, Morakot would be the strongest typhoon to land in China's mainland this year.
The provincial government has sent 8.4 million text messages to mobile phone users, warning people of its approach.
A ship from Taiwan (L), led by a ship (R) sent by the Fujian border police, enters Shacheng port in Ningde of southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 7, 2009. Two ships from Taiwan arrived at the port in Ningde safely on Friday as typhoon Morakot nears. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
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All of the mainland's three direct shipping routes with Taiwan were closed Friday, after the route between Xiamen City, in Fujian, and Jinmen, in Taiwan, closed Friday afternoon.
According to the Taiwan weather department, Morakot was slowing, but remained a strong typhoon, indicating its impact and the duration would increase.
Taipei stock market and schools in almost all cities and counties on the island closed Friday. Most domestic and some international flights, mostly to Hong Kong, have been cancelled.
The local authorities said train services would be suspended or reduced by Friday noon.
In Zhejiang, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Friday that the 29,987 ocean-faring fishing ships and boats have taken shelter at harbors or on ground.
Workers building the world's highest power transmission tower on Damaoshan Island in east China's Zhejiang Province stopped working Friday, and took shelter.
"The company has prepared food and water enough for four days," said Peng Lixin, the project manager.
He told Xinhua that the building of the 370-meter tower had entered the final stage. Typhoon Morakot would test the construction.
The island has no fresh water supply.
Other Chinese regions, including Shanghai and Anhui, will have more rainfall because of the impact of the typhoon. In Shanghai, the municipal weather service forecast Friday that the city would be hit by stormy weather from Saturday to Tuesday, and the average rainfall would be 90 mm.
Anhui Provincial Land and Resource Department has warned areas around Mount. Dabie in the province's southwestern part against potential landslides, rock and mud flows inflicted by excessive rains.
A  has killed dozens of people, affected over 28,000 people in the Philippines, and caused the evacuation of 21,190 people from south east China.
Track map of Tropical Storm Morakat (Kiko) of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season.
Some villages are inundated with five feet high floods.
The Philippines were hit by 175 kilometers per hour (kph) winds with gusts of up to 210 kph, as well as heavy rain which triggered flooding and landslides.

Ten Philippine villages have been inundated by four and five feet deep flooding.  Thousands cling to tree tops and are stranded on roof tops awaiting rescue by helicopter.  Over 12,000 have been evacuated and over 1,000 are homeless.  

Landslides have trapped Korean and Canadian mountaineers whose guide could not be rescued.  Landslides have closed highways and have caused traffic jams ten kilometers long.  Three French tourists and their two Filipino guides have been killed due to landslides on Mount Pinatubo.  Five miners remain missing after a landslide destroyed their living quarters.  
Typhoon Morakot (Kiko) over Taiwan August 7, 2009.
Electricity is down in some areas of the Philippines resulting in a collapse in contact as radios and cellphones have not been re-charged.

Botolan town hit by a flash flood has been declared as in a state of calamity.  

School classes have been cancelled in various locations across the Philippines, and many city roads are not traversable due to flood waters.

The  (NDCC) has reported that over 28,629 people have been affected and of these 10% have been evacuated.

On August 8, the typhoon is diminishing but still recording 150 kph winds with gusts reaching 185 kph according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa).

A capsized fishing boat off the coast of the province of  has initiated search and rescue efforts for nine missing fishermen.  School classes have been suspended, boats called into port, and businesses closed in China's  Province.  The provincial government used cell phone text messages to contact 8.4 million warning its residents of Morakot's approach to mainland China.

Typhoons occur in the  every year between May and September.