Typhoon Soulik threatens life in China, Taiwan

China and Taiwan braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across large parts of China climbed beyond 200.

Soulik was expected to hit northern Taiwan later on Friday, before crossing the narrow Taiwan Strait and slamming into China's provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang on Saturday.

Frontier soldiers look up at the swell, as they carry out a check of a seawall, as Typhoon Soulik approaches in Wenling, Zhejiang province July 12, 2013. China braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swathe of China climbed beyond 200. (REUTERS)

A man holds buckets as he wades through floodwater along a street in Jintang county, Chengdu, Sichuan province, July 11, 2013. China braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swathe of China climbed beyond 200. At least 36 people have died in flooding in the southwestern province of Sichuan since the weekend, and 166 people are missing, the China News Service said. Picture taken July 11, 2013. (REUTERS)

Rescue workers transport the body of a victim after a landslide hit Dujiangyan, Sichuan province July 11, 2013. China braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swathe of China climbed beyond 200. Picture taken July 11, 2013. (REUTERS)

Rescue workers cross a flooded river on a zip line as they search for victims in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province July 11, 2013. China braced on Friday for the impact of Typhoon Soulik as the toll of dead and missing from torrential rain across a broad swathe of China climbed beyond 200. At least 36 people have died in flooding in the southwestern province of Sichuan since the weekend, and 166 people are missing, the China News Service said. Picture taken July 11, 2013. (REUTERS)

Rescuers work to reach residents trapped by mudslides in Pengzhou near Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province Thursday, July 11, 2013.  Floodwaters surging through Himalayan foothills in western China have swept bridges, houses and hillsides into roiling brown torrents, leaving at least 31 people dead and 166 missing Thursday, as heavy rains buffeted many parts of the country. (AP)

Rescue workers carry a ladder at the site of a massive landslide caused by heavy rains near Dujiangyan city in southwestern China's Sichuan province on Thursday, July 11, 2013. Flooding in the western province of Sichuan was the worst in 50 years for some areas, with more than 100,000 people forced to evacuate. (AP)

The Tuo river floods Jintang county, southwest China's Sichuan province on July 11, 2013. Heavy rain across China has left at least 28 people dead and 66 missing, officials reported on July 11, after landslides crushed homes, bridges collapsed, and dozens of villages were cut off. (AP)

This picture taken on July 11, 2013 shows residents walking on a flooded road after a landslide triggered by heavy rainstorm hit an area in Zhongxing township of Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan province.   Torrential rain and landslide in China have left more than 200 people dead or missing, with the country raising flood emergency response level as it embraces for an approaching typhoon, state media and the government said. (AP)

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