Typhoon Sarika made landfall in Wanning in southeastern Hainan province on Tuesday morning, bringing heavy rain and gales to southeastern coastal areas of China that also included Guangdong and Fujian provinces, the China Meteorological Administration said.

The administration issued a red alert - the highest of the four-tier warning system - for Sarika, which brought winds of up to 162 km per hour on Tuesday morning.

The typhoon, the 21st of the year, lashed the island province on its way to Beibu Gulf and was expected to make landfall again in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region or Vietnam.