The strongest storm of 2016, Typhoon Meranti, slammed the coast of China Thursday morning after sweeping Taiwan. The storm, weakened on its way to the mainland, made landfall around 3 a.m. local time near Xiamen in southeast Fujian Province, CNN reports. By the time it reached the coast of China, Meranti had been downgraded to the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds around 145 m.p.h.