Typhoon Longwang struck the southeastern coast of the mainland after the cyclone churned across Taiwan, leaving one dead and dozens injured.

The typhoon made landfall near Jinjiang in China's Fujian province around 1330 GMT with winds of up to 120 kilometers (73 miles) per hour at its center, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Longwang also brought heavy rains, and forced the Xiamen city airport to close earlier Sunday, Xinhua said.

Some 376,000 people had been evacuated and nearly 40,000 boats brought back into harbour, local flood prevention officials told Xinhua.

The cyclone, with maximum winds of 145 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 185 kilometers per hour, was moving northwest at 16 kilometers per hour.

It hit the mainland after pounding Taiwan earlier in the day, leaving one person dead, one missing and 46 injured while disrupting flights and downing power lines.

The typhoon made landfall in eastern Taiwan early Sunday and left in the afternoon.

A 60-year-old man and his wife were hit by an iron bar which smashed into their home in the eastern town of Chian, said local fire agency which is coordinating rescue operations.

The man died in hospital soon afterwards and his wife was in critical condition, the agency said.

A woman was washed away by flash floods in the central town of Hoping and was feared dead, it said.