Chan-hom, which struck the southcoast of Shanghai, is the most powerful storm seen by the country in decades according to weather experts.
The deadly tornado has already claimed the lives of five people in the Philippines.
And more than 20 people were injured in southern Japan before the storm hit China.
The devastating cyclone dumped about a month’s worth of rain in China in just 24 hours.
Transport networks were paralysed as hundreds of flights, ferry and rail journeys were cancelled – and motorists were warned not to drive.
