( CNN ) -- Tropical Storm Haikui made landfall Wednesday morning in Zhejiang province , where hundreds of thousands of people had been evacuated from its path . `` The rain is the bigger impact going forward , '' said CNNI Meteorologist Taylor Ward , who noted that Haikui had diminished from typhoon status before hitting land about 225 kilometers ( 140 miles ) south of Shanghai . `` We have already had up to 8 inches in some locations . '' Ward said another 6 to 10 inches of rain were expected to fall , with `` maybe isolated amounts greater . '' Haikui was moving northwest at 20 kph ( 12 mph ) but was expected to slow over the coming two days , he said . Chinese officials had evacuated 374,000 people from Shanghai and 250,000 from Zhejiang , according to the state-run China Daily . Haikui , which had been a typhoon on Tuesday , is the third tropical storm to hit China 's east coast in less than a week .
`` The rain is the bigger impact going forward , '' says CNNI Meteorologist Taylor Ward . Some 374,000 people have been evacuated from Shanghai . Another 250,000 have been evacuated from Zhejiang . Haikui is the third tropical storm to hit China 's east coast in less than a week .