After flooding the Philippines and Taiwan, Tropical Storm Fung Wong is forecasted to make a landfall in eastern China's province of Zhejiang late on Monday, forcing thousands of coastal town residents to evacuate their homes.

According to the National Meteorological Center, residents should expect heavy rainfall as Fung Wong lands between the cities of Zhoushan and Wenling in Zhejiang province with maximum precipitation forecasted to reach a maximum of 300 millimeters.

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Zhejiang have already been experiencing heavy rains since Sunday. This caused about 157,553 people from the coastal areas of Ningbo, Wenzhou, and Taizhou to be relocated as of 4 p.m.

Meanwhile, over 30,000 fishing boats have been called back to shore in preparation for the tropical storms descent on the eastern part of the country.

The southern part of the Yellow Sea and a huge portion of the East China Sea are predicted to have strong gales between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Wenzhou city local government had suspended classes for kindergartens, primary, and middle schools on Monday.

Recorded as the 16th tropical storm to hit China, Fung Wong is proceeding north to the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang with maximum sustained wind speed of 93 kilometers per hour though wind gusts may be higher.

Over the weekend, the tropical storm Fung Wong has already flooded the Philippines and Taiwan, leaving several casualties.

In the Philippines, a total of 11 people have been reported dead during the onslaught of the tropical storm while two others remain missing as of 6 p.m. on Sunday.

More than 870,000 people across the country have been affected by the floods brought about by the combined effect of Tropical Storm Fung Wong and the Monsoon.

Meanwhile, Taiwan received an average of 500 millimeters of rain upon the storm's arrival at around 10 a.m. on Sunday, leaving at least 40,000 households in southern and northeastern parts of the country without power.

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