Tragedy struck China this morning as Typhoon Morakot overtook Taiwan killing at least four, leaving 31 missing and sending over one million fleeing their homes.

Morakot has caused Taiwan’s worst flooding in 50 years, dumping 100 inches of rain on the southern county of Pingtung, which landed in China’s Fujian province at 4:20 pm.

Sadly, among those dead was a four-year-old child who was buried with four adults in debris. Fourteen workers are among the missing when their emergency shelter was washed away by rising floodwaters.

China’s provincial government has sent more than 8 million mobile phone text messages to warn residents of the approaching typhoon, the Chinese state agency news is reporting.