 On August 10, Typhoon Saomai made landfall at Cangnan County in southern Zhejiang, (Many data show that Typhoon Saomai made landfall in Fujian Provincn,not Zhejiang Province.Fujian Meteorological Administration's articals said that Typhoon Saomai made landfall in Fujian Province)still maintaining a small and clear eye.According to the CMA, the typhoon moved ashore with maximum sustained winds of , and a central pressure of .By winds, Saomai tied Typhoon Marge in 1973 for the strongest typhoon to strike mainland China; because Saomai had a lower landfall pressure than Marge, the CMA considered it the strongest typhoon on record to strike the nation, as well as a 1 in 100 year typhoon.