All 279 scheduled domestic flights were cancelled yesterday, as well as at least 37 international flights.
An 8-year-girl and her mother died when they were swept out to sea on Friday from a beach on the east coast, the official Central News Agency reported.
The girl's twin sister remains missing.
The centre of the storm made landfall in eastern Taiwan at 4.40am. Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said that by mid-morning Soudelor was packing maximum sustained winds of 162km/h.
It was moving away from the island in a northwesterly direction last night, and weakened with top winds of up to 144 km/h.
Authorities in southeast China ordered the evacuation of about 163,000 people and ships back to port ahead of the typhoon, which was expected to hit Fujian province this morning.
More than 7,000 soldiers and police were on standby, provincial authorities said
On Friday afternoon, marine police rescued 55 university students and teachers trapped on a small island where they had been attending a summer camp, after strong gales stopped ferry services, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.

