- Tropical Storm Saola hits the Chinese province of Fujian
- Hours earlier, Typhoon Damrey slams into the Chinese coast farther north
- Saola has already wreaked havoc in the Philippines and Taiwan, killing more than 40
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Two tropical cyclones have made landfall in eastern China, dumping heavy rain on coastal areas as the Philippines and Taiwan assessed the damage that one of the storms had left in its wake.
Tropical Storm Saola plowed into the Chinese province of Fujian on Friday morning, after the torrential rain and heavy wind it brought to parts of the Philippines and Taiwan had left more than 40 people dead.
Saola's winds were at typhoon strength when it hit Taiwan on Thursday morning, similar to the power of a Category 2 hurricane in the Atlantic.
By the time it moved away from the island on Thursday night, it had killed five people, injured 15 and left two missing, according to Taiwan's Central Emergency Operations Center. More than 6,700 people had to be evacuated from affected areas, the center said.
One of the deaths was filmed by a closed-circuit camera in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. Video from the camera showed a man disappearing down a sink hole after the rain-sodden ground collapsed beneath him.
Taiwan's rugged terrain intensified the effect of the storm.
"The mountains really help enhance the rainfall," said CNNI Meteorologist Taylor Ward. "They basically force the air upwards, and that squeezes out the possible precipitation."
The casualties in Taiwan came on top of the 37 people killed and 33 injured by the storm in the Philippines, according to the country's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
In all, Saola dropped as much as half a meter (1.5 feet) of rain over the Philippines, Ward said. The storm hovered near the country for several days.
The other storm to hit the Chinese coast was Typhoon Damrey. It made landfall Thursday night in Jiangsu Province, generating winds as strong as 126 kilometers an hour (78 mph) near its center, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported, citing the Chinese National Meteorological Center.
Damrey had skirted southern Japan before traveling across the sea toward China's northeastern coastline.
The U.S. government's National Hurricane Center describes a Category 2 storm as one with sustained winds of 154-177 kph (96 - 110 mph) that "will cause extensive damage."
CNN's Jethro Mullen and Anjali Tsui contributed to this report.
