People flee crashing waves that strike the levee of Lianyungang, a coastal city in east China's Jiangsu Province, when vicious typhoon Krosa passed offshore.

Krosa quickly weakened to a tropical storm soon after landing on the Chinese mainland on October 7, and swept through eastern coastal areas, affecting more than 5 million residents. No casualties were reported as more than 1.41 million people had been relocated in advance.

Torrential rains halted transportation services, cut off power supplies, destroyed houses and suspended schooling in some parts of heavily affected Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, where economic losses are estimated at nearly 8 billion yuan ($1.07 billion).