Beijing, Dhu-AlHijjah 13, 1437, Sep 15, 2016, SPA -- China issued its highest weather warning as Typhoon Meranti made landfall on the southeastern coast on Thursday, bringing heavy rains and gales of up to 48 meters per second. According to dpa, the world's strongest typhoon so far this year was also the most severe in southern Fujian province since local meteorological records were kept in 1949, the official Xinhua news agency reported. "It is so wretched. Many trees by road sides have fallen, and there are also [floods] blocking traffic," Xinhua quoted a delivery man in the city of Xiamen in Fujian province as saying. The storm caused severe damage to the power grid in Xiamen, causing mass blackout and disrupting electricity supply in outlying islands, according to Xiamen Power Supply Co. --SPA 16:12 LOCAL TIME 13:12 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w