Typhoon Saomai at peak intensity on August 9, nearing Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangsu and Shanghai to the north, Anhui to the northwest, Jiangxi to the west, and Fujian to the south. To the east is the East China Sea, beyond which lie the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Due to the proximity of the province and the East China Sea, typhoons are occasional for people living in the province, and several intense typhoons have made landfall in Zhejiang.
August 10, 2006 - Typhoon Saomai struck Cangnan County at southern Zhejiang with central pressure of 920 mbar, becoming the strongest typhoon at the time.
July 10, 2015 - Typhoon Chan-hom strikes the province, becoming the strongest typhoon to make landfall since records began in 1949.
August 4, 2020 - Typhoon Hagupit made landfall near Wenzhou.
