Officers help villagers transfer boats in Miaozihu Village in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2013. Typhoon Soulik is expected to hit or pass waters near southeast China's Taiwan late Friday or early Saturday morning before landing on the mainland on Saturday, according to the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Local residents watch sea tides at the seaside in Mazhan Township of Cangnan County, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 12, 2013. The provincial marine environmental forecasting center issued a red wave warning for Typhoon Soulik, the highest level, on Friday. From Friday to Saturday daytime, Soulik is expected to whip up sea waves as high as six to nine meters in the southern Zhejiang coast.(Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)