Some 7,600 people have been moved to schools or temporary shelters in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang province, Xinhua said Sunday. It did not say when the evacuations began.

The Zhejiang Provincial Meteorological Observatory said the typhoon would probably not make landfall at Zhejiang but could bring strong winds of up to 180 kilometers (110 miles) an hour, according to Xinhua.

It was expected to reach the Yellow Sea between China and the Korean Peninsula by Monday afternoon.

Evacuations were also under way in the coastal cities of Taizhou, Zhoushan and Wenzhou, Xinhua said without giving any figures.

Additionally, 8,000 ships have been moved to safety in Ningbo and Zhoushan, the agency said.

The storm, packing winds of up to 144 kilometers per hour (89 miles per hour) crossed Japan's Okinawan archipelago just east of Miyako island on Saturday evening.