Typhoon Gaemi reached southeastern China on Thursday night as rescue personnel searched for six sailors still missing after a cargo ship sank in bad weather near Taiwan.

       According to China’s Fujian Meteorological Bureau, the typhoon made landfall in Putian, Fujian Province, at 7:50 p.m. local time with reported wind speeds of around 73 miles per hour, the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

       Earlier, the tropical cyclone had slammed into Taiwan on Wednesday night with wind speeds equivalent to those of a Category 3 hurricane in the Atlantic. It submerged roads, led to flight cancellations, and forced the closing of schools and businesses.

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       As of Thursday the storm had killed at least 15 people in the Philippines, officials said. In Taiwan, at least five people were dead and 531 were injured.

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       Military personnel helping a resident walk in Keelung, Taiwan, as strong winds hit the island on Thursday.Credit...I-Hwa Cheng/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

       Flooding was reported across southern Taiwan on Thursday. In an upscale area of the city of Kaohsiung, floodwaters submerged parked vehicles and many roads were inaccessible. In nearby Tainan, residents struggled to escape submerged houses.

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       Source: Joint Typhoon Warning Center All times on the map are Taiwan time. Map shows probabilities of at least 5 percent. The forecast is for up to five days, with that time span starting up to three hours before the reported time that the storm reaches its latest location. Wind speed probability data is not available north of 60.25 degrees north latitude. By William B. Davis, John Keefe and Bea Malsky

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