Typhoon Molave weakened into a tropical depression on Sunday afternoon after it landed in south China's Guangdong Province early Sunday and then entered neighboring Guangxi.

The storm made landfall in Nan'ao Town in Shenzhen City at 12:50 AM with winds of up to 145 km per hour at its center.

From 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Sunday, downpours drenched Zhanjiang, Maoming, Jiangmen and Yangjiang in Guangdong, with 13 hydrological stations reporting precipitation of more than 100 mm, the Guangdong Hydrological Bureau said.

As of 5:00 PM, no casualties were reported in Guangdong.

Maritime rescuers successfully pulled a stranded vessel off Shantou, Guangdong, to Haimen Port of Shantou amid high winds and saved seven crew members on it at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

The storm left Guangdong and entered Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region at 1:40 PM and downgraded into a tropical depression at 3:00 PM in Wuzhou City.

The National Meteorological Center forecast Sunday afternoon rainstorms would sweep parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou Sunday night to Monday. 

A vessel rescues an engineering barge in danger on the sea off Shantou in south China's Guangdong Province, on July 19, 2009. The engineering barge with its seven crew members was successfully rescued on July 19, after it was wrapped on the sea due to typhoon Molave on July 18. [Xinhua]   A vessel rescues an engineering barge in danger on the sea off Shantou in south China's Guangdong Province, on July 19, 2009. The engineering barge with its seven crew members was successfully rescued on July 19, after it was wrapped on the sea due to typhoon Molave on July 18.  [Xinhua]