Vehicles drive down a flooded road Tuesday in Ningde, East China’s Fujian province. Heavy rain from Typhoon Haikui caused widespread flooding in parts of the province. Photo: Ye Mao/China News Service, VCG

A sports car is partially submerged in floodwater Wednesday morning in Fujian’s capital of Fuzhou. The heavy rainfall brought by Haikui led to unprecedented levels of rain across the province. Within 24 hours, 15 county-level regions received more than 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) of cumulative rainfall, state broadcaster CCTV reported. Photo: VCG

A resident wades through floodwater in Fuzhou on Wednesday. The rain from the storm led to flooding in more than 80 downtown locations in the city and caused water levels at 49 local reservoirs to exceed their limits, state media reported. Photo: VCG

Floodwater inundates the underground section of a shopping mall Tuesday in Fuqing, Fuzhou. More than 36,000 people in Fuzhou had been relocated as of Wednesday morning, according to a CCTV report. Photo: Zhang Bin/China News Service, VCG

A police officer directs traffic over a waterlogged road Tuesday morning in Quanzhou, Fujian. Photo: VCG

A flash flood submerges part of a national highway in Quanzhou, disrupting traffic Tuesday evening. Photo: VCG

The heavy rain caused a river to flood in the village of Chili in Fuzhou on Tuesday, damaging a bridge. Photo: VCG

Floodwater engulfs parts of the town of Nantong in Fujian on Tuesday, forcing local authorities to temporarily close schools and the subway. Photo: Wang Dongming/China News Service, VCG

Haikui hit Taiwan earlier this week, leaving more than 116 people injured. On Tuesday, it made landfall around 5:20 a.m. near Fujian’s Dongshan county and then struck Raoping county in neighboring Guangdong province around 6:45 a.m. Haikui was downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on the Chinese mainland. Photo: I-Hwa Cheng/VCG