Typhoon Gaemi has on Thursday moved across the Taiwan Strait and heading toward Fuzhou in China’s Fujian province.

China said it’s closing its high-speed railway system – affecting about 260 trains. In Fujian province, ferry routes have been suspended.

All construction projects have also been stopped.

Gaemi made landfall on the northeastern coast of Taiwan early on Thursday and tigered heavy rains and floods.

It is the strongest typhoon to hit the island nation in eight years, killing at least 3 people.

Taiwan has seen flooding in low-lying areas, along with landslides and damage to homes and shops after Gaemi made landfall on the island.

Reports of damaged roads and vehicles, flooding in northern parts.

On Thursday morning, about 87,000 households were facing power outage.

Schools, offices and the stock markets remain closed for a second day.

More than 400 international and domestic flights were cancelled and some train services suspended.

Gaemi is expected to move towards central and northern China where heavy rains are expected.

This could bring about severe flooding and landslips with the Government warning people there’s a “high risk of natural disasters.”

more than 150,000 people in the south-eastern province of Fujian have been relocated.

Al Jazeera.