With wind speeds of 216 km/h (135 mph) at the time of landfall it is the strongest typhoon to hit China since August 1, 1956, when a storm with wind speeds of 244 km/h killed 4,900 people.
上陸時の風速は２１６km／h（１３５mph）で、１９５６年８月１日に２４４km／hの風速の嵐が４９００人の犠牲者を出して以来、中国を襲った最強の台風だ。