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TOPSHOT - Residents clean up a flooded street in Xiamen, in China's eastern Fujian province after Typhoon Meranti made landfall on September 15, 2016. Parts of Taiwan came to a standstill on September 15 as super typhoon Meranti brought the strongest winds in 21 years, while China issued a red alert for waves as the storm bore down on the mainland. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Residents clean up a flooded street in Xiamen, in China's eastern Fujian province after Typhoon Meranti made landfall on September 15, 2016.
Parts of Taiwan came to a standstill on September 15 as super typhoon Meranti brought the strongest winds in 21 years, while China issued a red alert for waves as the storm bore down on the mainland. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT        (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)