Typhoon Soudelor made landfall on Taiwan before daybreak Saturday, lashing the island with torrential rain and winds up to 129 mph and leaving at least six people dead and nearly 3 million households without power. The storm was expected to crash into the Chinese mainland late Saturday. Schools and businesses across Taiwan were shut Saturday as the powerful storm moved westward over the island. Taiping Mountain, in Yilan County on the island’s northeast side, got 4.2 feet of rain in less than 48 hours, the Central Weather Bureau said. That's as much as the area normally receives in half a year, officials said.

"Extreme torrential rain," defined as 1.6 feet of precipitation in 24 hours, was reported in all parts of Taiwan, except for the outlying Kinmen and Lienchiang counties and certain parts of Taipei.