Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, East China - Sept 27, 2016
1. Tree branches
2. Sandbags piled on street
3. Various of pedestrians with umbrellas
4. Various of residents packing sandbags
5. Various of generator in restaurant
6. Sandbags in front of restaurant
7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhu Pingjun, owner, Fuzhou Chopsticks Restaurant (starting with shot 6):
"I have arranged about 80 people for my restaurant, all on standby. They will work in two shifts."
8. Various of traffic, rain
9. Bus station ticket office

Putian City, Fujian Province, East China - Sept 27, 2016
10. Various of passengers at bus station
11. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Huang Qi, staff member, Putian Bus Station (starting with shot 10):
"There are students traveling home as schools have suspended classes. We have specially arranged buses to transport them."
12. Various of excavators, bulldozers
13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Lin Guohui, construction site manager:
"We have prepared three excavators, two bulldozers, and 20 workers to remove the dams."
14. Excavators
15. River

Shantou City, Guangdong Province, South China - Sept 27, 2016
16. Various of fishing boats
17. Soldiers checking boats
18. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Fisherman (name not given):
"I returned yesterday to avoid being caught in the typhoon. I anchored my boat at the dock."
19. Various of soldiers tying ropes

Final preparations have been made ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Megi, due to make landfall in China's southern and eastern coastal provinces of Guangdong and Fujian on Wednesday.

The wind picked up strength in the city of Fuzhou on Tuesday. Rain continued to fall, and residents piled up sandbags in front of their houses and businesses.

"I have arranged about 80 people for my restaurant, all on standby. They will work in two shifts," said Zhu Pingjun, the owner of Fuzhou Chopsticks Restaurant, which has its own generator on hand in case the power is cut off.

In the city of Putian, schools have closed, and intercity bus service has been suspended in the city.

"There are students traveling home as schools have suspended classes. We have specially arranged buses to transport them," said Huang Qi from the Putian Bus Station.

Local authorities dispatched municipal workers with large machines such as excavator, and bulldozer to dredge waterways, remove temporary dams in local rivers in prevention of flooding.

"We have prepared three excavators, two bulldozers, and 20 workers to remove the dams," said Lin Guohui, a construction site manager.

In Guangdong Province, the provincial maritime authority has ordered all fishing ships return to sheltered waters around harbor.

"I returned yesterday to avoid being caught in the typhoon. I anchored my boat at the dock," said a fisherman.