Beijing, Dhu-AlHijjah 14, 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, dpa reported. 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. In Taiwan, one person was killed, 38 injured and about one million families left without electricity due to torrential rain and strong wind brought by the typhoon, authorities said Thursday. Meranti battered the southern part of the island Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of 6,500 residents, the Central Emergency Operation Centre said. The body of a fisherman was found Thursday after the man had fallen into the waters at Kaohsiung Harbour in southern Taiwan the day before. About 994,270 families were without electricity and 722,700 households without tap water on the eve of the four-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, one of the most important Chinese festivals, which started Thursday. --SPA 11:10 LOCAL TIME 08:10 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w